Money: totals and change

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Which would you rather have?

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A
£1
B

B. The £1 coin is worth 100p. The whole pile is only 18p. More coins is not more money.

Pounds (£) and pence (p)
The units of money. One pound is worth 100 pence.
Total
All the amounts added together.
Change
The money you get back when you pay more than the price.

20p£250p£0£2£2.50£2.70+ £2+ 50p+ 20p
  1. Biggest first.Put the coins and notes in order, biggest first.
  2. Jump on along the line.Start at £0. Make one jump for each coin.
  3. Where do you land?Where you land is the total.

Biggest first. Which one do you jump with first?

20p£15p50p £1

Write 150p in pounds.

150p £1.50

How much money is here? Biggest first. Jump on along the line. Where do you land? £2.80

50p£210p20p£0£2£2.50£2.70£2.80£250p20p10p

How much money is here? Biggest first. Jump on along the line. Where do you land? £7.55

£55p£250p£0£5£5£7£7.50£7.55£250p5p

How much money is here? Biggest first. Jump on along the line. Where do you land? £2.80

50p£210p20p£0£2£2.50£2.70£2.80£250p20p10p

How much money is here? Biggest first. Jump on along the line. Where do you land? £2.30

10p£120p£1£0£1£2£2.20£2.30£1£120p10p

How much money is here? Biggest first. Jump on along the line. Where do you land? £2.80

50p£210p20p£0£2£2.50£2.70£2.80£250p20p10p

How much money is here? Biggest first. Jump on along the line. Where do you land? £3.25

£220p5p£1£0£2£2£3£3.20£3.25£120p5p

How much money is here? Biggest first. Jump on along the line. Where do you land? £2.80

50p£210p20p£0£2£2.50£2.70£2.80£250p20p10p

How much money is here? Biggest first. Jump on along the line. Where do you land? £11.60

10p£1050p£1£0£10£11£11.50£11.60£10£150p10p

How much money is here? Biggest first. Jump on along the line. Where do you land? £2.80

50p£210p20p£0£2£2.50£2.70£2.80£250p20p10p

What is the total? Jump on along the line. Where do you land? £2.80

£1.60£1.20+£1.60£2.60£2.80£120p

Money: totals and change worksheet, page 1

£3.70paid with£5£3.70£4£5+ 30p+ £1
  1. Count up from the price.Jump to the next pound first.
  2. Then jump to the note.
  3. Add the jumps.The jumps added are the change: 30p + £1 = £1.30.

What is the next whole pound after £3.70?

£3.70 £4

How much do you jump from £6.40 to £7?

£6.40 → £7 60p

Find the change. Count up from the price to the note. Add the jumps. £2.40

£2.60paid with£5£2.60£3£540p£2

Find the change. Count up from the price to the note. Add the jumps. £2.70

£7.30paid with£10£7.30£8£1070p£2

Find the change. Count up from the price to the note. Add the jumps. £2.40

£2.60paid with£5£2.60£3£540p£2

Find the change. Count up from the price to the note. Add the jumps. £1.10

£3.90paid with£5£3.90£4£510p£1

Money: totals and change worksheet, page 2

Answer sheet

Thumbs up: right change. Thumbs down: wrong.

  1. A £3.60 price paid with £5. Change: £1.40

    Right

  2. A £2.80 price paid with £5. Change: £3.20

    Wrong: £2.20

  3. A £7.50 price paid with £10. Change: £2.50

    Right

  4. A £4.90 price paid with £10. Change: £6.10

    Wrong: £5.10

  1. Make exactly £1 with five coins. How many ways can you find?

    3 ways

  2. A drink costs £3.65. Lena pays with a £5 note. The shop gives her change in the fewest coins. Which coins?

    £1, 20p, 10p, 5p

  3. Zak buys two things and gets £1.50 change from £5. One thing cost £2. How much was the other?

    £1.50

  1. How much money is here?

    £1.75
    20p£15p50p

  2. A pen costs £1.40 and a ruler costs 50p. Find the total.

    £1.90

  3. A cap costs £6.70. Find the change from £10.

    £3.30
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