Five pages for Year 4 and Year 5 on money written with a decimal point. Page 1 changes amounts into pence (£3.45 = 345p, £0.07 = 7p) and into pounds (268p = £2.68, 9p = £0.09), then puts four amounts written both ways in order from least to greatest. Page 2 adds and subtracts in columns with the decimal points lined up, including £20.00 − £13.65, which exchanges across zeros, then solves spending and change stories in which pence have to be written as pounds to line up. Page 3 multiplies prices by a one-digit number in columns, multiplies by 10 and by 100, and scales prices up (three times as much). Page 4 shares amounts with short division, every answer in whole pence, then finds the price of one from a pack and fractions of amounts, such as a quarter of £6.00. Page 5 is a party price list and a £20 budget: totals, change, how many bottles £5 buys, and whether the money is enough. Each section starts with a worked example, and the answer keys show carried digits under the answer, exchanges above the top number, the remainders carried in short division and the working for every story.
Before page 1, write £3.45 and 345p on the board and ask whether they are the same amount: the two digits after the point are the pence. On page 2, ask why 85p has to be written as £0.85 before it goes under £6.99. For page 4, share £7.50 between three children with real or play coins, then compare it with the short division. Page 5 works well in pairs: after the questions, give each pair the £20 budget and let them plan their own party shopping list.
Use a shop receipt or a menu. Add two or three prices, find the change from a £10 or £20 note, and work out the price of one item in a multipack. Check the answers on a calculator: 345p is 3.45 on the screen.
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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Pounds and pence written with a decimal point, so that 345p is £3.45, and worked with all four operations. Students change pence into pounds and back, add and subtract in columns, multiply and divide amounts, and plan a class party on a £20 budget.
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