Text tasks in mathematics as a means of financial literacy improvement in primary school

The modern educational process, the purpose of which is high learning efficiency, requires new methodological approaches to acquire deep mathematical knowledge. Mathematical education contributes to the development of the basic types of students’ thinking. An urgent methodological issue is learning to solve text problems in mathematics, since this section causes difficulties for a large percentage of students in grades 5–9. In this paper, the value of learning to solve text problems is considered on the example of questions of financial mathematics. To date, the issues of financial literacy are included in the content of an exemplary program in mathematics, examination papers, and are also necessary for the successful development of the student’s personality. The paper analyzes the methodology for teaching the solution of text problems of a financial plot on the example of conducting a series of business games in the classroom. The approbation of the results of the study was carried out on the basis of Municipal Autonomous Educational Institution «Lyceum № 5» in Orenburg. It showed that the solution of plot text problems has a positive effect on expanding the general outlook of students. The methodology for conducting business games increases students’ activity in solving problems, increases the effectiveness of learning as well as expands the prospects for pedagogical activity.