Calculating Change
Use these worksheets to provide students practise when counting on and subtracting to calculate change.
Multiple versions have been created to allow for repeated exposure, scaffolding and differentiation purposes.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to recognise the relationships between dollars and cents and represent money values in different ways, e.g. calculating change in role-plays.
- We are learning to count the change required for simple transactions to the nearest five cents and represent money in multiple ways.
- We are learning to solve problems involving purchases and calculate change to the nearest 5 cents, using both mental strategies and digital tools.
Curriculum alignment
MA2-1WM
old
Uses appropriate terminology to describe, and symbols to represent, mathematical ideas
MA2-2WM
old
Selects and uses appropriate mental or written strategies, or technology, to solve problems
MA2-3WM
old
Checks the accuracy of a statement and explains the reasoning used
MA2-5NA
old
Uses mental and written strategies for addition and subtraction involving two-, three-, four- and five-digit numbers
MA2-AR-01
new
Selects and uses mental and written strategies for addition and subtraction involving 2- and 3-digit numbers
MA2-AR-02
new
Completes number sentences involving addition and subtraction by finding missing values
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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