Correct Change
A change calculation activity. Currently a free sample of TES iboard+
Use settings to choose an appropriate level of coin to pay with. Work out change (and discuss strategies for doing so), paying with the correct coins. Discuss 'what's the best change to give?'
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Money and Shopping
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A 7 session unit that uses a money context to practise addition and subtraction skills.
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Getting Going with Coins
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A super collection of interactive resources for teaching pupils about money. The popular Interactive Piggy Bank Tool resource is a great starting point - simple coin counting, with the fun of smashing the piggy to reveal the total. It can be used to demonstrate many more calculation strategies including repeated addition and multiplication. Additional resources and documents support a full range of money calculation skills including totalling, paying and giving change. For early money skills try this pack, Early Money
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Calculations Sampler for Age 7-9
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This sample collection contains some of the games and tools from other 'calculations' packs across the site, serving as an introduction and as a one-stop location for some of our most popular activities. Most games contain a settings screen that allows differentiation for all pupils in this age group, covering revision of early skills through to advanced mental strategies. The Units of Work, Teaching Packs and Skill Builder areas that these activities are sampled from contain further printable and interactive resources. Every month we add further packs for Literacy and Numeracy to TES iboard+ so if you have something you'd like to see, please tweet @tesiboard or use the contact form on the home page.
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Money Skills
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This pack is led by our very popular interactive piggy bank - for totalling and calculating 'how much more?' Further resources cover different calculation skills in the context of money and shopping. Many contain settings to teach with larger coins so please explore the options panel.