New Brunswick

New Brunswick Geometry, Measurement & Finance Curriculum Alignment

To support New Brunswick educators teaching Geometry, Measurement and Finance 10, we have aligned our learning materials to the Finance Specific Curriculum Outcomes (SCOs N1–N5) and achievement indicators in the province’s Geometry, Measurement and Finance 10 curriculum.

Explore the table below to see how our lessons, Budget Game, and interactive calculators reinforce each finance outcome—from unit pricing and payroll to banking, interest, and credit. Our Learning Library contains over 300 total lessons that can be customized for every class, so this may not include every lesson that may apply for each standard.

This alignment covers the financial literacy outcomes in the Number strand (SCOs N1–N5). Geometry and measurement outcomes are outside the scope of PersonalFinanceLab.

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Long-Term Game
Comprehensive Chapter
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Interactive Calculator
Includes Automatically-Graded Assessment

Standard	Activity	Long-Term Game	Comprehensive Chapter	Short Lesson	Interactive Calculator	Graded Assessment
SCO N1: Solve problems that involve unit pricing and currency exchange, using proportional reasoning.
N1.1: Compare the unit price of two or more given items.	Budget Game – Core Component Lesson – Evaluating Big-Ticket Purchases
N1.2: Solve problems that involve determining the best buy, and explain the choice in terms of cost as well as quality and quantity.	Budget Game – Core Component Lesson – Evaluating Big-Ticket Purchases
N1.3: Compare, using examples, different sales promotion techniques.	Lesson – Why You Buy What You Buy Lesson – Planning and Evaluating Business Advertising
N1.4: Determine the increase or decrease of the original price based on percentage sale discounts or extra charges.	Budget Game – Core Component
N1.5: Solve, using proportional reasoning, a contextual problem that involves currency exchange.	Lesson – How To Save Money on Your Next Trip
N1.6: Explain the difference between the selling rate and purchasing rate for currency exchange.	Lesson – How To Save Money on Your Next Trip
N1.7: Explain how to estimate the cost of items in Canadian currency while in a foreign country, and why this may be important.	Lesson – How To Save Money on Your Next Trip
N1.8: Convert between Canadian currency and foreign currencies, using formulas, charts, or tables.	Lesson – How To Save Money on Your Next Trip
SCO N2: Demonstrate an understanding of income, including wages, salary, contracts, commissions, and piecework to calculate gross pay and net pay.	Activity	Long-Term Game	Comprehensive Chapter	Short Lesson	Interactive Calculator	Graded Assessment
N2.1: Describe, using examples, various methods of earning income.	Lesson – Planning Your Career Path Lesson – What's in Your Compensation Package?
N2.2: Identify and list jobs that commonly use different methods of earning income, including hourly wage, wage and tips, piecework, salary, commission, contract, bonus, and shift premiums.	Lesson – Planning Your Career Path Lesson – What's in Your Compensation Package?
N2.3: Describe the advantages and disadvantages of a given method of earning income.	Lesson – Planning Your Career Path Lesson – What's in Your Compensation Package?
N2.4: Calculate, in decimal form, from a time schedule, the total time worked in hours and minutes, including time and a half and/or double time.	Activity – Paycheck Variation Simulator
N2.5: Calculate gross pay from given or calculated hours worked when given base hourly wage with and without tips, and base hourly wage plus overtime.	Activity – Paycheck Variation Simulator
N2.6: Calculate gross pay for earnings acquired by base wage plus commission, and single commission rate.	Lesson – How Canadian Taxes Impact Your Personal Finances
N2.7: Explain the difference between gross pay and net pay.	Budget Game – Core Component Activity – Paycheck Variation Simulator Lesson – Payroll Best Practices
N2.8: Calculate Canadian Pension Plan (CPP), Employment Insurance (EI), and Income Tax deductions for a given gross pay.	Lesson – How Canadian Taxes Impact Your Personal Finances
N2.9: Calculate net pay when given deductions such as health plans, uniforms, union dues, charitable donations, and payroll tax.	Lesson – How Canadian Taxes Impact Your Personal Finances
N2.10: Identify and correct errors in a solution to a problem that involves gross or net pay.	Lesson – The Basics of Filing Taxes in Canada Lesson – What's in Your Compensation Package?
SCO N3: Demonstrate an understanding of financial institution services used to access and manage finances.	Activity	Long-Term Game	Comprehensive Chapter	Short Lesson	Interactive Calculator	Graded Assessment
N3.1: Describe the type of banking services available from various financial institutions, including online services.	Lesson – Canadian Banking Essentials
N3.2: Describe the types of accounts available at various financial institutions.	Lesson – Canadian Banking Essentials
N3.3: Identify the type of account that best meets given criteria.	Lesson – Canadian Banking Essentials
N3.4: Identify and explain various ATM service charges.	Lesson – Canadian Banking Essentials Lesson – How Debit Cards Work
N3.5: Describe the advantages and disadvantages of online banking.	Lesson – Canadian Banking Essentials
N3.6: Describe the advantages and disadvantages of debit card purchases.	Lesson – How Debit Cards Work
N3.7: Describe ways that ensure security of personal and financial information, including passwords, encryption, and PIN protection.	Lesson – How to Spot a Scam in Canada
SCO N4: Demonstrate an understanding of simple and compound interest.	Activity	Long-Term Game	Comprehensive Chapter	Short Lesson	Interactive Calculator	Graded Assessment
N4.1: Solve a problem that involves simple interest, given any three of the four values in I = Prt.	Lesson – The Magic of Compound Interest Activity – Model Your Financial Future
N4.2: Compare simple and compound interest, and explain their relationship.	Lesson – The Magic of Compound Interest Activity – Model Your Financial Future
N4.3: Solve, using A = P(1 + r/n)^(nt), a contextual problem that involves compound interest.	Lesson – The Magic of Compound Interest Activity – Model Your Financial Future Activity – Watch How Your Savings Could Grow
N4.4: Explain, using examples, the effect of different compounding periods on calculations of compound interest.	Activity – Watch How Your Savings Could Grow
N4.5: Estimate, using the Rule of 72, the time required for a given investment to double in value.	Activity – Model Your Financial Future
SCO N5: Demonstrate an understanding of credit options, including credit cards and loans.	Activity	Long-Term Game	Comprehensive Chapter	Short Lesson	Interactive Calculator	Graded Assessment
N5.1: Compare advantages and disadvantages of different credit options, including bank and store credit cards, personal loans, lines of credit, and overdraft.	Lesson – A Beginner's Guide to Borrowing Wisely Lesson – Credit Cards: Terms, Fees, and More Lesson – Your Canadian Credit Report Lesson – How Borrowers Manage Personal Debt
N5.2: Make informed decisions related to use of credit, including service charges, interest, payday loans, and sales promotions, and explain the reasoning.	Lesson – A Beginner's Guide to Borrowing Wisely Lesson – Credit Cards: Terms, Fees, and More Lesson – Your Canadian Credit Report Lesson – How Borrowers Manage Personal Debt
N5.3: Describe strategies to use credit effectively, such as negotiating interest rates, planning payment timelines, reducing debt, and timing purchases.	Lesson – A Beginner's Guide to Borrowing Wisely Lesson – Credit Cards: Terms, Fees, and More Lesson – Your Canadian Credit Report Lesson – How Borrowers Manage Personal Debt
N5.4: Compare credit card options from various companies and financial institutions.	Lesson – A Beginner's Guide to Borrowing Wisely Lesson – Credit Cards: Terms, Fees, and More Lesson – Your Canadian Credit Report Lesson – How Borrowers Manage Personal Debt
N5.5: Solve a contextual problem that involves credit cards or loans.	Budget Game – Core Component Activity – Calculate Your Car Loan Payments Activity – Buy vs. Lease a Car Calculator Activity – Should You Rent or Should You Buy?
N5.6: Solve a contextual problem that involves credit linked to sales promotions.	Lesson – How Borrowers Manage Personal Debt