Skills Covered

How to Use This Pack

Five pages for Years 3 and 4 on giving change in New Zealand money. Page 1 pays for things under $1 with a 50c or a $1 coin: children count on in 10s from the price to the coin, one hop at a time on a number line, and write the change in cents. Page 2 pays for things in whole dollars with a $5, $10 or $20 note; a bar model shows the note, the price and the change to find, and a number sentence such as $10 − $7 = $3 takes the answer. Page 3 is short stories in dollars and cents: count on to the next dollar, then in dollars, on an open number line, and write the change as $2 and 70c, the way Years 3 and 4 record money before the decimal point arrives in Year 5. Page 4 is a toy shop in whole dollars, where children buy two toys or several of one toy and find the change from a note. Page 5 is a toy shop in dollars and cents: add the prices of two toys, then find the change. Every price is in 10c steps, as New Zealand has had no 5c coin since 2006.

In the Classroom

Set up a class shop with price labels in 10c steps and play money. One child is the shopkeeper and counts on from the price to the money paid, out loud: 60c, 70c, 80c, 90c, $1. For page 3, draw an open number line on the board and jump to the next dollar first, then in dollars. Page 4 makes a good talk about three of the same toy: add the price three times, or count in its price.

At Home

When you pay at the dairy or the supermarket, ask your child how much change you should get, then count it together. Give a few toys price labels in whole dollars and play shop with play notes: buy two toys, or three of one, and work out the change.

Tips for Success

• Count on from the price to the money paid
• Jump to the next dollar first, then in dollars
• Write change in dollars and cents, like $2 and 70c
• For several of one toy, add its price again and again
• Check: the price and the change make the money paid