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Money
Coins and notes at their real sizes, counting a handful of coins, making the same amount another way, adding prices and working out the change.
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Each round is 10 questions, and takes 5 to 10 minutes.
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Coins and notes at their real sizes, counting a handful of coins, making the same amount another way, adding prices and working out the change.
Choose what to practise
Each round is 10 questions, and takes 5 to 10 minutes.
Finished
In Year 2, children learn to use the symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p), and to combine coins and notes to make a total. They find different sets of coins that make the same amount, and solve simple problems that add or subtract money in pounds or in pence, including giving change. The game also includes amounts that mix pounds and pence, such as £1.35, which is Year 3 work.
Start with the coin worth the most. Counting is easier with the coins in order of value, highest first. For 50p, 20p, 10p and 5p, say 50, 70, 80, 85. The total is 85p.
Count up to find the change. To find the change from £1 for something that costs 45p, count up from 45p. Adding 5p reaches 50p, and 50p more reaches £1, so the change is 55p.
One amount can be made in different ways. 50p can be one 50p coin, two 20p coins and a 10p coin, or five 10p coins. Ask your child to find another way, such as one 20p coin and three 10p coins.
Watch out for counting coins instead of adding values. Shown 2p, 5p and 10p, some children say 3, because there are three coins. Ask what the 3 is counting. It counts the coins, not the pence. Then name each coin's value and add them, 10p + 5p + 2p = 17p.
If coins and notes are still new, practise Money in Year 1 first.
In Year 3, children add and subtract amounts of money to give change, using both £ and p in practical contexts. For example, the change from £5 for something that costs £3.40 is £1.60.
The next game on the Money path is Money and Change.