Money Addition & Subtraction
PROCEDURALSolve simple money problems involving addition and subtraction, including giving change
Mastery Evidence
- Calculate the total cost of two items priced in pence
- Work out change from 50p after buying an item costing 35p
- Solve 'How much more money do I need?' problems
Assessment Prompt
“If [child] buys a snack for 45p and pays with a £1 coin, can they work out how much change they should get — and count it back?”
Curriculum Standards1 alignment
Maths/Y2/M/5The national curriculum in EnglandSolve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit, including giving change.
Prerequisites2
- Adding money and giving changehardAges 6—7
- Subtraction as taking away or separatinghardAges 4—6
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- How Many in Total? hard
Understanding addition as combining groups requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
Recognising coin values requires reading numerals (1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50)
- How Many in Total? hard
Reading/writing numerals 0–20 requires understanding that numerals represent quantities (cardinality)
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Writing digits 0-9 hard
Writing numerals requires the motor skill of forming digits 0-9 (taught in English handwriting)
- How Many in Total? hard
Understanding subtraction as taking away requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
Unlocks2
- Giving ChangehardAges 7—8
- Making ChangesoftAges 7—9