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How money, shops and services work

What happens when you tap a card to pay, and how does a parcel find its way to your door? These topics explain the everyday services that move money, goods and messages. Children see how ATMs, debit and credit cards, contactless payments and bank transfers work, and why each step is checked. They follow an online order through a sorting center to delivery tracking, look behind a supermarket's shelves and self-checkout, and find out how libraries, vending machines and restaurant orders run. Community services are here too: emergency calls, garbage trucks, water meters and the cold chain that keeps food chilled. Each topic has an animation, a look inside, a simulation and a challenge.

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20 topics in Money, shops & services

Money, shops & services

#481 Money, shops & services How does an ATM dispense money? Follow card verification, account checks, note counting, and dispensing inside a transparent machine. #482 Money, shops & services How does a debit-card payment work? Trace a purchase through merchant, payment network, and bank using pretend account balances. #483 Money, shops & services How does a credit-card payment work? Follow a purchase, statement, and repayment using a fictional account and simple balances. #484 Money, shops & services How do contactless payments work? Bring a virtual card near a reader and follow the short-range exchange and authorization. #485 Money, shops & services How does a bank transfer move money? Follow payment instructions and changing balances between two fictional bank accounts. #486 Money, shops & services How does depositing a check work? Trace a check through capture, verification, clearing, and settlement in a simplified model. #487 Money, shops & services What happens after an online order is placed? Follow an order through stock checks, picking, packing, shipping, and delivery. #488 Money, shops & services How do parcel centers sort packages? Scan labels and route packages along conveyors toward the correct destinations. #489 Money, shops & services How does delivery tracking know where a package is? Add scan events along a journey and watch the tracking history update. #490 Money, shops & services How do supermarkets keep shelves stocked? Balance sales, inventory, reorder points, deliveries, and shelf space in a model store. #491 Money, shops & services How does a self-checkout machine work? Scan products, match prices, check a basket, and complete a pretend payment. #492 Money, shops & services How does a vending machine deliver a snack? Follow selection, payment, motor movement, and delivery through a transparent machine. #493 Money, shops & services How does a library track borrowed books? Borrow and return virtual books while updating availability, borrower records, and due dates. #494 Money, shops & services How does an emergency call reach the right help? Follow location details, call assessment, dispatch, and responder updates in a fictional scenario. #495 Money, shops & services How do restaurant orders reach the kitchen? Send an order through preparation stations and coordinate its completion and collection. #496 Money, shops & services How do hotel key cards open the correct door? Match a card's permission with a model lock and explore how access expires. #497 Money, shops & services How do garbage trucks collect and compact waste? Operate lifting equipment and follow waste through loading and compaction inside a cutaway truck. #498 Money, shops & services How do water meters measure household use? Run virtual taps and follow measured flow into a household usage total. #499 Money, shops & services How do digital tickets open entry gates? Scan a fictional ticket, verify its permission, and update its entry status. #500 Money, shops & services How does the cold chain keep food chilled during delivery? Follow food through storage, refrigerated transport, shops, and temperature checks along its journey.

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Games to play

  • Coin MarketRun a pretend market stall: pay exactly, use the fewest coins, and give the right change.
  • Festival PlannerPlace the stalls, book the acts and keep the budget — make every rule true.
  • Supermarket StockerRoll out your cart and make every shelf ready for the day.

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