Grade 4 · Number
Financial Literacy: Making Change and Financial Decisions
Grade 4 financial literacy introduces making change — a reverse calculation requiring decimal subtraction — and broadens financial decisions to include giving (charitable contributions, community sharing). The equitable trade rules concept (fair exchange based on agreed value) connects financial mathematics to its social and ethical dimensions, echoing the First Peoples trade traditions introduced in earlier grades.
LESSON VIDEO
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Lesson video
A short walkthrough to play in class or assign for flipped/at-home viewing.
WHAT STUDENTS WILL LEARN
✓Make monetary calculations using decimal notation in real-life contexts
✓Apply counting-up, counting-back, and decomposing strategies to calculate totals and make change
✓Make simple financial decisions involving earning, spending, saving, and giving
✓Understand equitable trade rules
✓Connect financial mathematics to decimal operations