Mathematics·Measurement·procedural
Adding money and giving change
Find different combinations of coins that equal the same amount of money
Suggested ages 6–7
Learning journey
Your child is learning practical measurement skills — reading clocks to five-minute intervals, measuring length and capacity using standard units, and working with money including making change.
Evidence of understanding
- 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 Adding money and giving change needs to make exactly 30p, can they find two or three different ways to do it using different combinations of coins?
Standards alignment
Maths/Y2/M/4GB · uk-nc-2013
Find combinations of coins
The national curriculum in England: Key stages 1 and 2 framework document · Key Stage 1