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      Use knowledge of subtraction to calculate change when paying with whole pounds or notes

      Lesson details

      Learning outcome

      You can use knowledge of subtraction to calculate change when paying with whole pounds or notes

      Key learning points

      1. The whole is the amount of money offered, one part is the total cost and the other part is the change.
      2. The change is the difference between the total cost and the amount of money given.
      3. You can use different subtraction strategies to calculate change.

      Keywords

      • Difference - The result of subtracting one number from another is the difference.

      • Change - In money, change is the difference between the amount of money you use to pay and the value of what you are buying.

      • Number bonds - Number bonds are pairs of numbers which sum together to make another number.

      Common misconception

      Pupils will sometimes give incorrect number bond examples such as as 63 + 47 = 100

      Model adding together the tens first.

      Teacher tip

      If some pupils are not yet fluent in number bonds within 100 consider including scaffolds such as hundred squares and pre-drawn number lines. Encourage them to make links with number bonds for 10 e.g. 7 + 3 = 10 so 70 + 30 = 100

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      Lesson video

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      Prior knowledge starter quiz

      6 Questions

      Q1.
      What is the number bond that goes with 30 to make 100?

      Correct Answer: 70, Seventy, seventy

      Q2.
      How many pennies in £1?

      1
      10
      Correct answer: 100
      1000

      Q3.
      Tick all of the options where the sum is 100

      Correct answer: 47 + 53
      47 + 63
      47 + 43
      Correct answer: 51 + 49
      Correct answer: 49 + 51

      Q4.
      £1.65 p + 99 p = £

      Correct Answer: £2.64, 2.64, 264p, 264 p

      Q5.
      £1.35 p + 49 p = £1.34 p + 50 p is an example of which strategy?

      Correct answer: Redistribution
      Column addition
      Rounding and adjusting

      Q6.
      Match the word with the correct definition.

      Correct Answer:number bonds,pairs of numbers which sum together to make another number

      pairs of numbers which sum together to make another number

      Correct Answer:difference,the result of subtracting one number from another

      the result of subtracting one number from another

      Correct Answer:change,the difference between the value and the money used to pay

      the difference between the value and the money used to pay

      6 Questions

      Q1.
      A banana costs 45 p . How much change will I get from £1? Give your answer using the correct unit.

      Correct Answer: 55 p, 55, 55p, 55 pence

      Q2.
      A book costs £3.60. How much change will I get from £5?

      £1.30
      Correct answer: £1.40
      £1.50
      £2.40

      Q3.
      My shopping comes to £7.38. I give the shopkeeper a £10 note. How much change do I receive?

      Correct answer: £2.62
      £2.72
      £3.62
      £3.72

      Q4.
      The total of my shopping is £13.84. I give the shopkeeper a £20 note. How much change do I receive?

      Correct answer: £6.16
      £6.24
      £7.16
      £7.24

      Q5.
      I have £5 to spend in the shop. I buy a drink for 99 p and a sandwich for £3.25. How much change do I get? p

      Correct Answer: 76

      Q6.
      Match the money amounts with how much change you would get from a £10 note when buying them.

      Correct Answer:£2.70,£7.30

      £7.30

      Correct Answer:£4.49,£5.51

      £5.51

      Correct Answer:£5.51,£4.49

      £4.49

      Correct Answer:£7.99,£2.01

      £2.01

      Correct Answer:£7.20,£2.80

      £2.80

      Correct Answer:£8.99,£1.01

      £1.01


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