Calculating Money

• Health & Social Care
• Special Education

LO: To Calculate Money

LBB, AH, EM, EK: To add money in pence using a calculator

BN, CS, ORR, BMB: To add money in whole pounds

NK, EV, RH: How much is left using Subtraction 

If you had £50,
what would you spend it on?

How can we calculate how much money we have left, after making a purchase?

1. Add +
2. Subtract -
3. Multipy x
4. Divide

To calculate change we need to subtract.

Example: 

£50

Spend £10 on snacks!

£50 - £10 = change left over

How could you solve the problem?

Imagine you have £50
It's your friends birthday
What would you do?

Spend £50 on my friend

Spend some on my friend and spend the rest on Christmas shopping

Spend some on my friend and spend the rest on myself

Buy my friend a small gift and put the rest into savings

Imagine you have £50
It's your friends birthday
What would you buy?

Task:

1. Use the laptops to find out the cost of the item/items you would buy.

2. Calculate the change: £50 - ___ = ___

After buying the item, how much change would you have left?

Workbooks:

LBB, AH, EM, EK: To add money in pence using a calculator

BN, CS, ORR, BMB: To add money in whole pounds

NK, EV, RH: How much is left using Subtraction 

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