Money and problem solving
Year 1 Summer 6
Recognise 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2 coins and their values
Previous learning
Core for Year 1
Extension
Understand these words:
Understand and use these words:
Understand and begin to read these words:
coin, penny, pence, pound, costs, spend, pay, change, how
much?
coin, penny, pence (p), pound (£), cost, costs more/less,
spend, total, pay, change, how much?
coin, penny, pence (p), pound (£), price, cost, costs
more/less, spend, total, pay, change, how much?
Recognise 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p and £1 coins.
Recognise 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2 coins.
Recognise all coins.
Exchange coins and notes up to £10 for an equivalent value
in smaller coins or notes.
Exchange 2p, 5p, 10p or £1 coins for an equivalent value in
smaller coins, e.g. change £1 for ten 10p coins.
Exchange coins up to £2 for an equivalent value in smaller
coins, e.g. change 20p for four 5p coins.
Work out what coins can be used to pay an amount up to 20p
Previous learning
Core for Year 1
Extension
Work out what coins can be used to pay up to 10p, e.g.
Work out what coins can be used to pay up to 20p, e.g.
Work out what coins can be used to pay up to 50p, e.g.
• James paid 3p for chews. What coins could he use?
What if he paid 4p?
• An apple costs 6p. Which two coins would pay for it?
Which three coins would pay for it?
• Sophie has only two coins in her purse.
Tick all the amounts she could have in her purse.
• Which three coins make 5p? How else could you make 5p?
• How many 2p coins make 20p?
• Gita paid 6p for chews with no change.
What coins could she use?
• Apples are 6p each. What do two apples cost?
Which two coins would pay for them exactly?
• Which coins can you use to pay 7p exactly?
• Rosie bought an orange. She got 14p change.
What coins did the shopkeeper give her in change?
• Make 9p using three coins… four coins… five coins…
six coins…
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23p
20p
25p
22p
26p
• Which four coins make 24p?
• Investigate ways of using silver coins to pay 50p.
• A pencil costs 5p. Anna has 34p. She buys as many
pencils as she can. How much change will she get?
• Make17p using three coins… four coins… five coins…
six coins… seven coins… eight coins… nine coins…
Examples adapted from the Framework for teaching mathematics from Reception to Year 6, 1999
Find totals up to 70p using two coins
Previous learning
Core for Year 1
Extension
Find totals using two coins up to 10p in value, e.g.
Find totals using two coins up to 50p in value, e.g.
Find totals using more than two coins up to 50p in value, e.g.
• How much is this altogether?
• How much is this altogether?
• Amy has these coins in her purse.
• Leroy has these coins.
• Leroy has these coins.
How much is in Amy’s purse?
• Sam puts these coins in a box.
How much money has he altogether?
• Jack has these coins.
How much money has he altogether?
How much does he put in the box altogether?
• Jack has these coins.
• How much altogether is 50p and 10p and 2p?
• Iqbal spent 23p. Which two of these did he buy?
How much money has he altogether?
• How much altogether is 5p and 2p?
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How much money has he altogether?
crisps
orange
lolly
cake
16p
18p
7p
9p
• How much altogether is 20p and 50p?
• Jade wants to buy a banana that costs 35p.
She has 20p. How much more money does she need?
Examples adapted from the Framework for teaching mathematics from Reception to Year 6, 1999
Begin to solve problems by making an ordered list to find all possibilities
Previous learning
Core for Year 1
Extension
Understand these words:
Understand and use these words:
Understand, use and begin to read these words:
problem, solve, represent, record, answer, …
order, list, …
problem, solve, represent, record, solution, answer, …
order, list, systematic, …
problem, solve, represent, record, solution, answer, …
order, list, systematic, …
Find and record all the different ways to solve a problem by
making an ordered list.
Find and record all the different ways to solve a problem by
making an ordered list.
Find and record all the different ways to solve a problem by
making an ordered list.
Money investigations
Money investigations
Money investigations
• You have these coins. Choose two of them.
• Ruth used three coins to pay 23p.
Which three coins did she use?
• Saba paid 30p using only silver coins.
Show all the different ways she could do it.
How many different ways can you find?
What is the greatest amount of money you could choose?
What is the least amount?
Find all the totals you can make with two of the coins.
• Amy bought a lollipop. It cost 7p. She paid for it exactly.
Which coins did she use? Find all the ways to do it.
What if the lollipop cost 6p?
• Henry paid 25p using only silver coins.
Show all the different ways he could do it.
How many different ways can you find?
Other mathematical investigations
• Max threw 3 bean-bags. Each bag went in a bucket.
More than one bag can go in a bucket.
• You can make £1 using one hundred 1p coins.
How can you make £1 using 99 coins?
using 98 coins? using 97 coins? using 96 coins?
using 95 coins? using 94 coins?
Other mathematical investigations
• Jack has these digit cards. Jack says:
‘I can make six different two-digit numbers with my cards.’
Write all the two-digit numbers that Jack can make.
Find three ways to score 6.
Find three ways to score 9.
• Investigate different ways of putting 7 buttons in 3 boxes.
How many different ways can you find?
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Examples adapted from the Framework for teaching mathematics from Reception to Year 6, 1999