Math Games

Grade 3 - Financial Literacy

Standard 3.FL.6.1 - Practice counting the total value of a number of coins.

Included Skills:

Fluency with coins and bills to 100 dollars, and earning and payment
• counting mixed combinations of coins and bills up to $100:
- totalling up a set of coins and bills
- using different combinations of coins and bills to make the same amount
• understanding that payments can be made in flexible ways (e.g., cash, cheques, credit, electronic transactions, goods and services)
• understanding that there are different ways of earning money to reach a financial goal (e.g., recycling, holding bake sales, selling items, walking a neighbour’s dog)
• Using pictures of First Peoples trade items (e.g., dentalium shells, dried fish, or tools when available) with the values indicated on the back, have students play a trading game.