Measuring: Money

Money is based on the decimal system. 100 pence equals £1.

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Money includes:

  • Conventions for reading, writing and expressing money amounts
  • Strategies for writing money in words and decimal notation
  • Step-by-step description of the processes of adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing money
  • Money calculation practice activities in real life situations

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Coins we use

Coins we use

An introduction to the coins we use.

Adding and subtracting money

Adding and subtracting money

How to organise and align written calculations involving money to enable addition and subtraction.

Adding money

Adding money

How to write down and align addition sums involving money, with everyday examples.

Money: Pounds and pence

Money: Pounds and pence

Summary of how pounds and pence are written in different ways according to the context.

Recording money

Recording money

Summary of the different ways in which prices are recorded in speech and writing.

Rounding money

Rounding money

How to estimate total costs by rounding money up or down to the nearest 10p and the nearest £.

Subtracting money

Subtracting money

How to write down and align subtraction sums involving money, with everyday examples.

Buying on credit

Buying on credit

How to calculate whether it costs more to buy on credit or in one payment.

Dividing money

Dividing money

How to write down and align division sums involving money, with everyday examples.

Forms and money calculations

Forms and money calculations

How to check sums of money that are represented on forms, using payslips and council tax as examples.

Multiplying money

Multiplying money

How to write down and align multiplication sums involving money, with everyday examples.

Downloadable worksheets

Writing money

Writing money

Exercise in matching written numbers against the correct figures.

Matching pounds and pence

Matching pounds and pence

Exercise in pairing prices expressed in words with their correct numerical notation.

Dividing sums of money

Dividing sums of money

Exercise in using appropriate division methods to solve division problems expressed in words.

Completing forms and payslips

Completing forms and payslips

Exercise in showing and calculating sums of money on claim forms and payslips.

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