Reception Maths: Shopping: more, less and spend
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Shopping: more, less and spend
Ruby goes to the shop with 10p. She wants a sticker. The sticker costs 5p.
She spends 5p. The money she has left is her change. Start with the money you have. Take away the price to find the change.
Key ideas
- Spend means pay money for something.
- Change is the money left after you pay.
- More means a bigger amount. Less means a smaller amount.
Key words. Change is the money left after you buy something.
Method. Start with the money you have. Take away the price to find the change.
- Start with 10p. That is the money you have.10p
- Take away the price, 5p. Count back to find what is left.10p − 5p = 5p
- Write the answer. 5p
Check. Add back: 5p + 5p = 10p. ✓
Watch out. Check the change by adding it back to the price.
Key words. Change is the money left after you buy something.
Method. Start with the money you have. Take away the price to find the change.
- Start with 20p. That is the money you have.20p
- Take away the price, 10p. Count back to find what is left.20p − 10p = 10p
- Write the answer. 10p
Check. Add back: 10p + 10p = 20p. ✓
Watch out. Check the change by adding it back to the price.
Method. Add the values of the coins. Check they make the total.
- Look at the coins. Read each value.10p + 10p
- Add them together. Count on from the first coin.20p
- Write the answer. 10p + 10p = 20p
Check. Count on: the total is 20p. ✓
Watch out. Add the coins one at a time.
Watch out
Watch out: check the change by adding it back to the price. It should make the money you had at the start.
Exam tip
Grown-up tip. Set up a shop with small toys and real coins (not for under-3s). Ask: “How much does it cost? How much change?”
Exercise 9E Shopping and change
Non-calculatorMethod. Look at the price tag on the biscuit.
- Find the biscuit. The biscuit is the third item.biscuit
- Read the price. The price tag says 10p.10p
- Write the answer. 10p
Check. The price tag shows 10p. ✓
Watch out. Read the price tag, not the size of the picture.
Method. Look at the price tag on the sticker.
- Find the sticker. The sticker is the second item.sticker
- Read the price. The price tag says 5p.5p
- Write the answer. 5p
Check. The price tag shows 5p. ✓
Watch out. Read the price tag.
Method. Compare the two prices.
- Read the ball price. The ball costs 20p.20p
- Read the sticker price. The sticker costs 5p.5p
- Compare them. Twenty is more than five.20p is more than 5p
- Write the answer. Ball
Check. 20p is more than 5p. ✓
Watch out. Compare the numbers on the price tags.
Method. Compare the two prices.
- Read the biscuit price. The biscuit costs 10p.10p
- Read the ball price. The ball costs 20p.20p
- Compare them. Ten is less than twenty.10p is less than 20p
- Write the answer. Biscuit
Check. 10p is less than 20p. ✓
Watch out. Less means the smaller amount.
Key words. Change is the money left after you buy something.
Method. Start with the money you have. Take away the price to find the change.
- Start with 10p. That is the money you have.10p
- Take away the price, 5p. Count back to find what is left.10p − 5p = 5p
- Write the answer. 5p
Check. Add back: 5p + 5p = 10p. ✓
Watch out. Check the change by adding it back to the price.
Key words. Change is the money left after you buy something.
Method. Start with the money you have. Take away the price to find the change.
- Start with 20p. That is the money you have.20p
- Take away the price, 20p. Count back to find what is left.20p − 20p = 0p
- Write the answer. 0p
Check. Add back: 0p + 20p = 20p. ✓
Watch out. Check the change by adding it back to the price.
Key words. Change is the money left after you buy something.
Method. Start with the money you have. Take away the price to find the change.
- Start with 10p. That is the money you have.10p
- Take away the price, 10p. Count back to find what is left.10p − 10p = 0p
- Write the answer. 0p
Check. Add back: 0p + 10p = 10p. ✓
Watch out. Check the change by adding it back to the price.
Key words. Change is the money left after you buy something.
Method. Start with the money you have. Take away the price to find the change.
- Start with 20p. That is the money you have.20p
- Take away the price, 10p. Count back to find what is left.20p − 10p = 10p
- Write the answer. 10p
Check. Add back: 10p + 10p = 20p. ✓
Watch out. Check the change by adding it back to the price.
Method. Add the two prices and compare with the money she has.
- Add the prices. The sticker costs 5p and the biscuit costs 10p.5p + 10p
- Find the total. Five and ten make fifteen.= 15p
- Compare with 20p. Fifteen is less than twenty.15p is less than 20p
- Write the answer. Yes. 5p + 10p = 15p, which is less than 20p.
Check. Count on from 10 by five: 15. ✓
Watch out. Add the prices before you compare.
Method. Add the values of the coins. Check they make the total.
- Look at the coins. Read each value.5p + 5p
- Add them together. Count on from the first coin.10p
- Write the answer. 5p and 5p
Check. Count on: the total is 10p. ✓
Watch out. Add the coins one at a time.
Method. Start with 10p. Take away what you spend.
- Start with 10p. That is the money you have.10p
- Take away 5p. Count back 5p to find what is left.10p − 5p
- Write the answer. Accept any answer: 10p take away 5p leaves 5p.
Check. Add back: 5p + 5p = 10p. ✓
Watch out. Check by adding the change back to what you spent.