Money - Add money - Worksheet

The "Add Money" worksheet is an educational resource aimed at enhancing students' ability to work with money in practical contexts. This particular worksheet aligns with the National Curriculum objective of adding and subtracting amounts of money to give change, utilising both pounds (£) and pence (p). Students are provided with differentiated sheets and teaching slides to assist them in their learning. The vocabulary for the lesson includes terms such as 'addition', 'represent', 'pounds', 'pence', 'exchange', and 'calculation'. The exercise encourages children to add two separate amounts of money, focusing on pounds first and then pence. They are then guided to exchange the total pence into pounds to complete their calculations accurately.

Key questions posed during the lesson include challenges such as grouping coins to make a pound, using estimation to assist with calculations, and understanding why adding 99p is equivalent to adding £1 and subtracting 1p. The worksheet encourages children to cut out problems and visually represent their working out or pictorial images in their books. The tasks are designed to gradually increase in complexity, starting with easier amounts in multiples of 10, then working with a range of amounts, and finally adding three sets of amounts rather than two. This structured approach is aimed at developing fluency, precision, and the ability to reason and solve problems involving money.