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KS1 Maths textbook

Chapter 6: Money

  • Strand Measurement: money
  • Level Year 2
  • Practice 91 questions with step-by-step solutions

National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 1 mathematics, Year 2. Content: Recognise and use the symbols £ and p, and know that 100p is £1, Combine amounts of money to make a particular value, Find different combinations of coins that equal the same amount, Solve simple practical problems with addition and subtraction of money in the same unit, including giving change.

Open Year 2 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • Read and write amounts of money using £ and p
  • Make an amount with coins and check the total
  • Find more than one way to make the same amount
  • Add amounts of money in the same unit
  • Work out the change when I pay for something
  • Solve a shopping problem with money

You should already know

  • Coins and notes and their values (Year 1, Chapter 12)
  • Adding and subtracting within 100 (Chapters 2 and 3)
  • Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s (Chapter 3)

Where this leads

  • Time (Chapter 7)
  • Adding and subtracting amounts of money with £ and p in Year 3

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 6.1 Pounds and pence
  2. 6.2 Making an amount with coins
  3. 6.3 Different ways to make the same amount
  4. 6.4 Adding money in the same unit
  5. 6.5 Giving change
  6. 6.6 Shopping problems
  7. Summary and key words
  8. Check-up and end-of-chapter quiz

Read the whole chapter on one page (good for printing).

Practise with real exam questions

The DfE publishes the old KS1 tests, with mark schemes, for free. They are optional for schools now, so use them as extra practice.

KS1 Maths past papers