Life skills // Money & Finance
Making Change
Calculating change from a purchase; working confidently with pounds and pence together; solving practical money problems involving addition and subtraction
Quick check
If the learner bought a comic for £2.75 and paid with a £5 note, could they work out they should get £2.25 back?
Ask this to see whether the topic is secure.
Topic // Mastery
What mastery looks like
- Calculate the change from £5 when buying items costing pounds and pence
- Add two or three prices together to find a total cost
- Check whether they have been given the correct change in a role-play scenario
Topic // Map
Where this fits
- RequiredMust come first
- HelpfulHelps, but not essential
Before this
4 topics- Coins & NotesRequired
Money & Finance // Ages 5 to 7
Must recognise coin/note values before calculating change
- Buying ThingsRequired
Money & Finance // Ages 5 to 7
Must understand buying transactions before calculating change
- Money Addition & SubtractionHelpful
Mathematics // Measurement // Ages 6 to 7
Curriculum money problem-solving (Maths Y2) provides arithmetic foundation for making change
Mathematics // Measurement // Ages 6 to 7
Finding coin combinations (Maths Y2) supports change calculation
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Making Change
Ages 7 to 9 // Method
Leads to
1 topic- Costs & RevenueHelpful
Entrepreneurship // Ages 7 to 9
Cross-domain: making change skills (Money & Finance) support profit calculation
Life skills // Money & Finance
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