Mathematics
Intermediate
50 mins
Teacher/Student led
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+80 XP
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Coin set

Money: Coins and Notes; Making Amounts in Euro and Cent

Recognise euro coins and notes, learn what each is worth, and discover how to make the same amount of money in different ways using coins and notes.

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    1 - Getting Started ~4 mins

    Here are two ways to pay for the same sweet. One friend hands over two 50c coins. Another hands over one €1 coin.

    Key point

    Hands up: did they both pay the same amount? How can two 50c coins be worth the same as one €1 coin?

    👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

    +5 XP

    2 - Watch and Notice ~9 mins

    Here are four amounts on the money tray. Look carefully at how the same total is built from different coins.

    Now look at two bigger amounts. One is made with our biggest coins, and one uses a €5 note.

    👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

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    3 - Try It Together ~10 mins

    Key point

    Today we make these amounts on the money tray: 45c, then €1.10, then €1.75. One pupil comes up to build each amount on the board. The rest of us watch, then call out a second way to make the very same amount.

    Make the amount

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    4 - Write the Coins in Your Copy ~3 mins

    COPYBOOK MOMENT

    In your maths copy, write three amounts the teacher gives you, one under the other. Beside each amount, list the coins you would use to make it.

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    5 - Class Challenge ~8 mins

    Key point

    Today we work through these amounts on the money tray: 35c, then 80c, then €1.50, then €5.10. For each one we make the amount and press Check. The last one uses a €5 note, so we say the euro part and the cent part out loud before we check it.

    Make the amount and check

    +15 XP
    Pupil practice
    Module 6 · Time and Money Measures
    Lesson 71 · Money: Coins and Notes; Making Amounts in Euro and Cent
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