Money - Count money notes and coins - Worksheet

In this comprehensive set of worksheets from masterthecurriculum.co.uk, students in Year 6 are tasked with the challenge of counting money, specifically focusing on notes and coins. The objective is to help children recognise and use the symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p) and to combine different amounts to create a particular value. To facilitate learning, a variety of resources are provided, including differentiated sheets and teaching slides, as well as physical notes and coins for hands-on counting practice. The vocabulary for the lesson includes terms such as money, coins, pounds, pence, total, amount, and strategy.

Throughout the lesson, students work on combining pounds and pence, carefully avoiding the use of decimal notation as it is not introduced until Key Stage 2. Instead, they are instructed to write totals using 'and', for example, £5 and 30p instead of £5.30. The exercises encourage children to count pounds and pence separately before combining them to find the total amount. Key questions prompt students to think about how they calculated the total and what strategies they used when counting mixed pounds and pence. The worksheets guide children through various scenarios, from simple counting to more complex reasoning and problem-solving tasks, such as identifying mistakes in counting or completing part-whole models by drawing money. These activities aim to deepen students' understanding of money and enhance their numerical fluency and precision.