Primary maths: Money

Classroom activities, lesson ideas and money games to help young learners get to grips with understanding pounds, pence, coins, notes and solving money problems

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Child Saving Using A Piggy Bank Representing Primary Maths Lessons About Money, Coins, Notes, Pounds & Pence

Help primary students calculate change with confidence using these innovative money resources

As money makes the world go round, it's no surprise that young learners are keen to understand the value of coins and notes. But with calculations quickly containing two decimal points, things aren't always straightforward. That's why we've hand-picked just some of the great ideas teachers have used in their classrooms to tackle the topic to keep lessons valuable and engaging.

Lesson ideas

Build upon learners' existing experience of coins and notes with these lesson ideas, designed to explore the different denominations in detail. This groundwork will be fundamental when your class start tackling questions about money.

Year 3 Money - Add Money Lesson
krisgreg30

Year 3 Money - Add Money Lesson

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A fully resourced money lesson for being able to add amounts of money together (including adding amounts with pounds and pence that require conversion e.g. 3 and 58p + 2 and 74p) in Year 3 based on the objective from White Rose Maths. Included in the resource is: * A lesson PowerPoint with sta...
Money - Year 3
Online_Teaching_Resources

Money - Year 3

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Money - Year 3 In Money - Year 3 pupils practise adding and subtracting money to give change. This teaching resource covers the Year 3 curriculum objective in the maths programme of study and supports the White Rose small steps guidance for Year 3 - Spring - Block 2 - Money. Content incl...
Money Notebook
Guy Colnbrook

Money Notebook

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This SMART Notebook file explains how to count, convert and use money ( ) and solve worded problems. ClassLab activities help pupils to consolidate their understanding of money by using interactive manipulatives and features.
Money - Year 2
Online_Teaching_Resources

Money - Year 2

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Money - Year 2 'Money - Year 2' is an engaging PowerPoint presentation, ideal to use in a lesson covering the curriculum objectives of the year 2 maths programme of study (Measurement). Content includes: 1. Recognising coins activity 2. Money addition activity 3. Finding the c...

Classroom activities

Check out these challenging questions that will prepare pupils for real-life problem-solving when handling money. Practice, practice, practice can make the whole process seem more manageable.

One step money word problems - more and less
Katharine7

One step money word problems - more and less

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These are one step more and less problems that I've been using in Year 1. We're practising the vocabulary of 'more' and 'less' and their association with add and subtract. I'm also doubling up on a bit of "know and recognise the value of different coins." The last three slides require...
Money - true or false - year 2
MissFincham

Money - true or false - year 2

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A set of True or False cards about money and addition/subtraction. Children to decide if it's true or false and write an explanation to articulate why. Helpful to provide evidence for estimation. Appropriate for Year 2. All of my resources are free but please rate and review : )
Counting Money (Small Amounts)
Maths4Everyone

Counting Money (Small Amounts)

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This set of worksheet grids (with solutions) help students to take the **first steps** and then **strengthen** and **extend** their skills and knowledge of *counting money*.The questions are carefully thought out so that understanding can be developed, misconceptions can be identified and so that th...
EYFS KS1 MONEY
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EYFS KS1 MONEY

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EYFS / KS1 money activity pack. This pack contains a variety of fun, kinaesthetic money and coin activities that are suitable for children in both EYFS and KS1 settings. These activities focus on coin recognition initially and then progress to coin addition and counting. This pack includes the foll...
SEN Numeracy - MONEY
Skillsheets

SEN Numeracy - MONEY

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Over 20 worksheets of simple activities involving money that are illustrated and designed for use mainly with adults and teenagers. Choose the right coins to pay for items. Find the total value of 2, 3 or 4 coins or notes. The answers are small numbers in pence or whole numbers of pounds. F...
Cafe Menu Maths ( money, decimals)
hoppytimes

Cafe Menu Maths ( money, decimals)

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In this product I've included 2 colourful Cafe shop menus. Prices are in pounds and pence. The second menu shows prices in pence only. Each menu comes with 12 task cards/ worded problems for children to solve. These differentiated activities are suitable for KS2 Years 3 - 5.

Games

Games to get young minds engaging with the topic of money while fuelling a little friendly competition in the classroom. Here are just a couple of money games to get you started.

Money Loop Card Game
jojocrow

Money Loop Card Game

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This PDF resource is a game for up to 30 players that requires learners to add British coins to the value of 3. How to play: Each player receives a loop card. The player with the first card reads their card "I have the first card, who has 27p?" players need to add the value of their co...
Money Shopping Games KS1
Apple For The Teacher applefortheteacher.co.uk

Money Shopping Games KS1

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These games are fantastic for supporting children in their understanding of money. They need to work out the values that coins can be added up to in order to fill their cards. Two of the activities are based on giving change, the other game is matching coin values to the prices of the items. Givi...