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This HTML simulator is accompanied by a supporting PDF document, designed to help teachers integrate the resource effectively into the classroom with ideas for use, key discussion questions, and reflection prompts.

Bring inflation to life with an interactive simulator that turns abstract CPI theory into a hands-on experiment. Learners build their own “basket of goods,” set base prices, and assign weights that mirror real-world importance—then watch a sleek, animated basket fill with emoji-icons and live stats that respond instantly to their choices.

With intuitive sliders for overall inflation, food, and energy, students can tweak category pressures and see prices, basket totals, and the calculated inflation rate recalculate in real time. An optional “Breaking Economic News” panel lets you trigger shocks—from oil spikes to drought-driven food shortages—so classes can observe how different items and categories surge, which cards pulse with impact, and how those movements roll up into the final index. Quick-add presets make setup painless, while clear readouts for base cost, current cost, price change, and inflation rate keep the maths transparent and teach the logic behind weighted indices.

It’s perfect for demonstrations, flipped learning, or short “what-if” challenges: test fuel vs. food trade-offs, compare equal-weight vs. realistic baskets, explore deflation scenarios, or reset and rerun with fresh assumptions. The polished UI, responsive layout, and playful visuals keep attention high, but the learning is rigorous—students leave with a concrete grasp of weights, category shocks, and how a CPI-style measure is actually built from the ground up.

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