Adding money and giving change
Find different combinations of coins that equal the same amount of money
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If your child needs to make exactly 30p, can they find two or three different ways to do it using different combinations of coins?
Find different combinations of coins that equal the same amount of money
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- 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
“If your child needs to make exactly 30p, can they find two or three different ways to do it using different combinations of coins?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Measurement
- Age range
- Ages 6–7
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