Math

• August 12, 2025

  Teach financial literacy with us

  

  

  August 12, 2025 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm (ET)
  Join our live webinar about our elementary school resources that make learning math and financial literacy fun.

  Content type(s): Multimedia Subject(s): Financial literacy, Math Grade level(s): Early childhood / Kindergarten, Grade 01, Grade 02, Grade 03, Grade 04, Grade 05, Grade 06
• August 6, 2025

  Escaping debt: The risks and benefits of borrowing

  

  Students will prove their understanding of debt in an escape room, learn about the risks and benefits of borrowing and lending and practise calculating simple interest.

  Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Financial literacy, Math, Social studies Grade level(s): Grade 06, Grade 07 / Secondary 1, Grade 08 / Secondary 2
• June 2, 2025

  Saving and spending

  

  Students will experience financial goal setting, planning and setbacks. They will plan for a character’s short- and long-term financial goals by using saving and spending strategies.

  Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Financial literacy, Math, Social studies Grade level(s): Grade 05, Grade 06
• May 22, 2025

  Speculating on the piggy bank

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  Ever since the first currencies allowed us to store value, we’ve needed a special place to store those shekels, drachmae and pennies. And the piggy bank—whether in pig form or not—has nearly always been there.

  Content type(s): Blog posts Subject(s): Arts, Business, Economics, English language arts, Financial literacy, Geography, Health, History, Math, Science Grade level(s): Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5
• May 16, 2025

  Entrepreneurship: Kids edition

  

  Learn from the experiences of successful young entrepreneurs, then create your own business model and pitch your business.

  Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Business, Economics, English language arts, Financial literacy, Math Grade level(s): Grade 05, Grade 06, Grade 07 / Secondary 1
• March 28, 2025

  Budgets: Math for life

  

  Students will use math skills to create a budget for a class event or activity.

  Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Financial literacy, Math Grade level(s): Grade 04, Grade 05, Grade 06
• January 22, 2025

  Value for money: Determining unit price

  

  Grade 4 students will learn how to calculate a product’s unit price and total cost and determine if something is a real deal.

  Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Financial literacy, Math Grade level(s): Grade 04
• November 6, 2024

  You Are the Economy: Your guide to economic and financial literacy for Grades 7 to 12

  

  

  Join the Bank of Canada Museum for a live webinar about our new free suite of economic and financial lesson plans!

  Content type(s): Multimedia Subject(s): Business, Economics, Financial literacy, Geography, Health, Math, Social studies Grade level(s): Grade 07 / Secondary 1, Grade 08 / Secondary 2, Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5
• October 11, 2024

  Exploring payment methods

  

  Grade 4 students will learn about different payment methods and how to decide which to use.

  Content type(s): Lesson plans Subject(s): Financial literacy, Math Grade level(s): Grade 04
• September 12, 2024

  You are the economy

  

  A set of six lessons to explore economics with your students.

  Content type(s): Educational toolkits Subject(s): Business, Economics, Financial literacy, Geography, History, Math, Social studies Grade level(s): Grade 07 / Secondary 1, Grade 08 / Secondary 2, Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5