lesson
Keep pounds and pence aligned
1 · Learn
£3.40 means three pounds and forty pence. When calculating, line up the decimal points or convert every amount to pence.
Add costs before finding change. Estimate too: a total near £7 should not produce £8 change from £10. Money answers need the correct unit and pence digits.
2 · Worked example
I add 340p and 285p to make 625p, then subtract from 1,000p to find 375p change.
3 · Your turn
Two tickets cost £2.75 each. You pay £10. What change do you receive?
Check your answer
The total is £5.50 and change is £4.50.
4 · Apply your learning
Create a pretend receipt with two or three items and check its total using a different method.
Adult guidance and safety
Use practical or drawn representations and explain the method. Check units and labels. A correct answer to one example is not evidence of secure fluency; revisit with varied numbers and feedback.
Open your writing and drawing pad
Write, draw or show your working. Use a mouse, pen or finger. This pad is not a submitted answer.
Not saved to your account. Download your drawing as PNG and your typed notes as TXT before leaving or refreshing. They are separate files. Do not enter private information.
Open a picture saved on this device to draw on it again. Opening replaces the drawing, but Undo can restore it. PNG only, up to 4 MB and 4096 × 4096 pixels. The picture stays in this browser; it is not uploaded. Paper lines in a saved picture become part of that picture.
Clear the drawing? Your typed notes will stay. You can undo this action.
Your pad is empty.
Open a UTF-8 TXT file from this device, up to 40 KB and 10,000 characters. It stays in this browser. Opening can be undone until you type again. Downloads keep a new copy; they do not change the file you opened.
Replace the notes on this page with the opened file? Download the current notes first if you want to keep them.
Typed notes are not submitted answers.
Practice this lesson
Lesson resources
Browse the available practice activities and worksheets for this lesson.
Your progress