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How Much Do You Know About Credit and Debt?

Take this quiz to test your knowledge of credit card debt

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April is National Financial Literacy Month, and AARP Foundation is happy to present a new quiz series so you can test just how much you know about money.

All of the questions and answers are from AARP Foundation Finances 50+, a new program developed by AARP Foundation and the Charles F. Schwab Foundation to help vulnerable people age 50 and over with budgeting and goal setting, taking charge of credit and debt and developing a savings plan and protecting assets.

Finances 50+ offers its three-part workshops in Baltimore, Denver, New Orleans, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C., and we’re looking for more partners across the country. For people who want to participate but don’t have a partner in their community, both the participant guide and the volunteer guide are available for free online.

Now let’s see what you know about credit and debt.

 
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