Counting Money and Making Change - Presentation
This presentation is an excellent resource for teachers when introducing and revisiting how to count money and calculate change. The presentation provides a variety of examples and practice activities for teachers to use as scaffolds for student learning.
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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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