How Prices Work

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Mission Brief #46

🎯 Your mission

Spot the cost behind the price.

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Trade isn't just stuff — it's ideas, words, and germs.

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Prices tell us how much things cost. When the price is high, we pay more money. If the price is low, we pay less. Prices can change based on how many items are available in stores.

Key facts

Remember these

1Prices show how much things cost.
2High prices need more money.
3Low prices need less money.

Then & Now

💱 Every receipt you've ever seen has this idea inside it.

Question 1 of 2

What do prices tell us?

How sure?😐 maybe

Question 2 of 2

What happens when prices are high?

How sure?😐 maybe

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🌍 Why this still matters: The next time you spend $1, ask: who else benefited besides you?

🏆 Try this week: Track every dollar you spend or get this week. Then figure out the pattern.

👨‍👩‍👧 At dinner: “If you had $20 to start a business, what would you sell?”

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