How can different coins and notes make the same total?

Different notes and coins can make the same total

Money comes in lots of different notes and coins

Notes come in £5, £10, £20 and £50. Some Scottish banks make £100 notes too.

Coins come in 1p,2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2.

You can use different notes and coins to make the same amounts. The bigger the amount of money, the more ways there are to make it:

There is only 1 way to make 1p

• one 1p coin.

There are 2 ways to make 2p

• one 2p coin
• 1p + 1p

There are 4 ways to make 5p

• one 5p coin
• 2p + 2p + 1p
• 2p + 1p + 1p + 1p
• 1p + 1p + 1p+ 1p + 1p

There are 11 ways to make 10p

• one 10p coin
• 5p +5p
• 5p + 2p + 2p + 1p
• 5p + 2p + 1p + 1p + 1p
• 5p + 1p + 1p + 1p + 1p + 1p
• 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p
• 2p + 2p + 2p + 2p + 1p + 1p
• 2p + 2p + 2p + 1p + 1p + 1p + 1p
• 2p + 2p + 1p + 1p + 1p + 1p + 1p + 1p
• 2p + 1p + 1p + 1p+ 1p + 1p + 1p + 1p + 1p
• 1p + 1p + 1p + 1p + 1p + 1p + 1p + 1p + 1p + 1p

There are 41 ways to make 20p - too many to write here!

There are so many different ways of adding money that you can usually pick one that works best for you.