Mathematics

Intermediate

50 mins

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

Learn to recognise euro and cent, make the same amount using different coins and notes, and discover how choosing larger coins first uses the fewest pieces.

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1 Getting Started
2 Watch and Notice
3 Try It Together
4 Write It in Your Copy
5 Class Challenge
6 What Did We Notice?
7 What's Next
Pupil practice

1 - Getting Started ~4 mins

Illustration for Getting Started Hands up: how many different ways can you think of to make exactly 80c using coins? Is there just one way, or more than one?

👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

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2 - Watch and Notice ~9 mins

Here are four amounts. Read each total and think which coins and notes could make them.

The last one hides a trap. Look at €3.05: the number straight after the point is a zero, so say it as three euro and five cent. The zero is in how the amount is written; you can still use 10c, 20c or other coins as long as the total is right.

👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

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3 - Try It Together ~11 mins

Key point

Now we build these amounts on the coin tray, in this order: 55c, then €1.15, then €2.40, then €3.08. One pupil taps the coins at the board while everyone else watches the running total and agrees or corrects out loud. The last one, €3.08, has a zero straight after the point, so say it as three euro and eight cent before we check it.

Build the amount together

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4 - Write It in Your Copy ~3 mins

COPYBOOK MOMENT

In your maths copy, write two different ways to make €1.55. List the coins and notes in each way, one under the other, then add each list up to check both come to €1.55. If you have the printable coins-and-notes worksheet, use it to lay out each set before you write it down.

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5 - Class Challenge ~8 mins

Key point

A bigger coin swallows up several smaller ones, so reaching for the biggest first means fewer pieces to count.

Now we make these amounts, each a little harder than the last: 65c, then €1.20, then €2.85, then €3.70. For each one, aim for the fewest coins and notes you can.

Make the amount in the fewest pieces

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Pupil practice

Module 6 · Time and Money Measures

Lesson 71 · Money, Coins and Notes: Making Amounts in Euro and Cent

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