Money - Add Money - Presentation

In today's lesson, Year 6 students will revisit the concept of adding money, employing part-whole models to structure their calculations. The lesson aims to enhance their understanding of how to combine different amounts of money, expressed in pounds and pence. To begin with, students will discuss the role of estimation in adding monetary values, setting the stage for practical application. For instance, they might explore how 115p can be converted into pounds and pence and then added to another sum, reinforcing their grasp of the decimal system used in British currency.

The lesson includes a series of activities that challenge students to utilise the part-whole model method as demonstrated by a character named Leanna. They will practice adding amounts such as £4 and 55p with £3 and 60p, and more complex sums like £11 and 75p with £10 and 50p. Students will convert pence over 100 into pounds to find the total amount. Additional exercises involve using bar models to visualise and solve problems, such as determining the combined cost of a car priced at £5 and 20p and a wooden horse at £1 and 65p. Reasoning tasks further deepen their understanding, asking students to calculate the total cost of multiple items and compare expenditures, such as figuring out how much more one person spends on sweets compared to another. Independent work encourages learners to employ their preferred methods for adding money, and discussions prompt them to think about strategies like grouping coins to make a pound and the equivalence of adding 99p to adding £1 and subtracting 1p.