Foreign Currency Exchange

A visit to a country’s “bank” gives travelers on vacation a chance to exchange homeland money for a foreign currency. Travelers visit the country’s “store” and select items to purchase from a “shopkeeper” with the foreign money they have available to spend.

Grades covered: 6 through 9
Curriculum Topics: Financial Literacy, Exchange Rates, Real Life Math, Digital Multiplication & Division, Solving Real-world problems involving rates

Standards

Idea Sheets are cross-referenced to subjects listed in the Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, and California Content Standards.

Categories include:
  • Language Arts
  • Grades 6-8
  • Art
  • Math
Tags: Arts & Crafts, Ratios & Proportions, Expressions & Equations
Subjects covered: ["Math","Social Studies","Language Arts"]