Adding money and giving change
PROCEDURALFind different combinations of coins that equal the same amount of money
Mastery Evidence
- Show that 50p can be made with 2×20p + 1×10p, or 5×10p, or 1×50p
- Systematically find multiple coin combinations for a given total
- Explain why different coin sets give the same total
Assessment Prompt
“If [child] needs to make exactly 30p, can they find two or three different ways to do it using different combinations of coins?”
Curriculum Standards1 alignment
Maths/Y2/M/4The national curriculum in EnglandFind different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money.
Prerequisites2
- Addition as combining or putting together twosoftAges 4—6
- Pounds & Pence NotationhardAges 6—7
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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)
Unlocks2
- Money Addition & SubtractionhardAges 6—7
- Making ChangesoftAges 7—9