This book's seventeen chapters provide lessons and activities on important skills such as understanding coins and their values, saving up for future purchases, and sticking to a budget. Related mathematic skills and topics include the four basic operations; fractions, decimals, and percentages; working with graphs and data; and more. Each chapter includes: a "future value" section, summing up the mathematical and financial literacy knowledge that students in elementary school will bring to and take away from the lesson; relevant Common Core mathematics standards and practices and Jump$tart financial literacy standards; a full lesson plan with specific learning targets, including sections on the "Sales Pitch," the "Fine Print," and "Closing the Deal"; activity sheets and other classroom material, which are also available to download and print; suggestions for extended learning, including references to relevant children's literature and other resources.

Part 1: Counting and Cardinality -- Part 2: Operations and Algebraic Thinking -- Part 3: Number and Operations in Base Ten -- Part 4: Number and Operations-Fractions -- Part 5: Measurement and Data.