Year 2 · Money · Summary
Year 2 Money: summary and key words
Part of the Year 2 money chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| Name the coins | p means pence. £ means pounds. £1 is 100p. |
| Make an amount | Start with the biggest coin. Count on. Check the total. |
| Different ways | Each set of coins must add up to the same amount. Check every set. |
| Add money | Add pence to pence and pounds to pounds. Write 120p as £1.20. |
| Give change | Change = money paid minus the price. Count on from the price to the money paid. |
| Shopping problems | Add the prices. Take the total away from the money you have. |
Can you…?
- I can say what p and £ mean.
- I know that £1 is 100p.
- I can make an amount with coins.
- I can find more than one way to make an amount.
- I can add money in the same unit.
- I can work out the change.
- I can solve a shopping problem.
Key terms
- pence (p)
- the small unit of money. There are 100p in £1.
- pounds (£)
- the big unit of money. We write it with the £ sign.
- price
- how much something costs.
- change
- the money you get back when you pay more than the price.
- total
- the answer you get when you add amounts together.
- set of coins
- a group of coins. Two sets are different if the coins are different.