Calculating Curious Currencies
This worksheet introduces students to the idea that there are different currencies used around the world. Students will calculate change using different currencies, just as they would using amounts in Australian dollars. This worksheet is a part of a larger unit, designed to consolidate students’ abilities in counting money and making change.
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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 practical problems involving addition and multiplication including money problems, such as budgeting, using multiple strategies.
- We are learning to calculate change to the nearest 5 cents and solve problems involving purchases.
- 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
AC9M3M06
9
Recognise the relationships between dollars and cents and represent money values in different ways
AC9M4N08
9
Use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving additive and multiplicative situations including financial contexts; formulate the problems using number sentences and choose efficient calculation strategies, using digital tools where appropriate; interpret and communicate solutions in terms of the situation
ACMNA080
8.4
Solve problems involving purchases and the calculation of change to the nearest five cents with and without digital technologies
ACMNA059
8.4
Represent money values in multiple ways and count the change required for simple transactions to the nearest five cents
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
MA2-8NA
old
Generalises properties of odd and even numbers, generates number patterns, and completes simple number sentences by calculating missing values
MA2-6NA
old
Uses mental and informal written strategies for multiplication and division
MA2-MR-01
new
Represents and uses the structure of multiplicative relations to 10 × 10 to solve problems
MA2-AR-02
new
Completes number sentences involving addition and subtraction by finding missing values
MA2-AR-01
new
Selects and uses mental and written strategies for addition and subtraction involving 2- and 3-digit numbers
MA2-RN-02
new
Represents and compares decimals up to 2 decimal places using place value
MA2-RN-01
new
Applies an understanding of place value and the role of zero to represent numbers to at least tens of thousands
MA2-MR-02
new
Completes number sentences involving multiplication and division by finding missing values
VC2M4N08
2.0
Solve problems involving purchases and the calculation of change to the nearest 5 cents with and without digital tools
VCMNA162 Solve word problems by using number sentences involving multiplication or division where there is no remainder VCMNA160 Solve problems involving purchases and the calculation of change to the nearest five cents with and without digital technologies VCMNA156 Develop efficient mental and written strategies and use appropriate digital technologies for multiplication and for division where there is no remainder VCMNA137 Represent money values in multiple ways and count the change required for simple transactions to the nearest five centsAustralian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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