Making Change
PROCEDURALCalculating change from a purchase; working confidently with pounds and pence together; solving practical money problems involving addition and subtraction
Mastery Evidence
- Calculate the change from £5 when buying items costing pounds and pence
- Add two or three prices together to find a total cost
- Check whether they have been given the correct change in a role-play scenario
Assessment Prompt
“If [child] bought a comic for £2.75 and paid with a £5 note, could they work out they should get £2.25 back?”
Prerequisites4
- Money Addition & SubtractionsoftAges 6—7
- Adding money and giving changesoftAges 6—7
- Coins & NoteshardAges 5—7
- Buying ThingshardAges 5—7
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- Money Addition & Subtraction soft
Curriculum money problem-solving (Maths Y2) provides arithmetic foundation for making change
- 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'
- Adding money and giving change soft
Finding coin combinations (Maths Y2) supports change calculation
- 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)
- 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)
- What Money Is hard
Must understand what money is before learning to recognise specific coins and notes
- Coins & Notes hard
Must recognise coins/notes and their values before practising buying transactions
- 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)
- What Money Is hard
Must understand what money is before learning to recognise specific coins and notes
Unlocks1
- Costs & RevenuesoftAges 7—9