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Life Skills·Money & Finance·conceptual

Buying Things

How buying and selling works: prices, paying for items, receiving change; the basic transaction process in shops and markets

Suggested ages 5–7

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Evidence of understanding

  • Explain what happens when you buy something in a shop (choose, pay, get change)
  • Read a price label and say whether they have enough money to buy the item
  • Act out a simple buying scenario using real or play coins

Assessment prompt

If Buying Things had a £2 coin and wanted to buy a snack for 80p, could they work out roughly how much change they'd get back?

Standards alignment

No external standards are linked to this topic.