Money and solving problems
Year 2 Autumn 6
Recognise all coins and their values
Previous learning
Core for Year 2
Extension
Understand and use these words:
Understand and begin to read these words:
Use, read and begin to write these words:
coin, penny, pence (p), pound (£), cost, costs more/less,
spend, total, pay, change, how much?
coin, penny, pence (p), pound (£), price, cost, costs
more/less, spend, total, pay, change, how much?
coin, silver, copper, note, pound (£), pence (p), price, cost,
spend, pay, change, total, value, how much?
Recognise all coins and their values.
Recognise and understand the value of all coins.
Recognise the value of all coins and £5, £10 and £20 notes.
Exchange coins up to 50p for an equivalent value in smaller
coins, e.g. change 10p for five 2p coins.
Exchange coins up to £2 for their equivalent value in smaller
coins, e.g. change 50p for five 10p coins.
Exchange a note for its equivalent value in smaller notes, or
£2 or £1 coins or silver coins.
Find totals up to 20p, including adding more than two amounts, using number facts to help
Previous learning
Core for Year 2
Extension
Find totals up to 10p, e.g.
Find totals up to 20p, e.g.
Find totals up to 50p, e.g.
• How much is this altogether?
• Jack has these coins.
• Amy has these coins in her purse.
• Leroy has these coins.
How much money has he altogether?
• Kate has these coins.
How much is in Amy’s purse?
Amy spends 10p. How much does she have left?
• Sam puts these coins in a box.
How much money has he altogether?
• How much altogether is 5p and 2p and 1p?
How much does she have altogether?
• Gita paid 6p for chews with no change.
What coins could she use?
• How much altogether is 6p and 7p and 5p?
• Which coins can you use to pay 7p exactly?
• Rosie had 15p. She spent 6p.
How much does she have left?
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• Chews cost 5p each. What do 3 chews cost?
How much does he put in the box altogether?
• How much altogether is 16p and 12p and 7p?
• A pear costs 15p more than an apple.
An apple costs 12p. What does a pear cost?
• How many 2p coins make 20p?
• Rhian spent 24p. She spent 8p more than Amy.
How much did Amy spend?
• Apples are 6p each. What do two apples cost?
Which two coins would pay for them exactly?
• Jade wants to buy a banana that costs 35p.
She has 20p. How much more money does she need?
Examples adapted from the Framework for teaching mathematics from Reception to Year 6, 1999
Find change from 20p
Previous learning
Core for Year 2
Extension
Find change by counting up to 10p, e.g.
Find change from 20p by counting up to the next multiple of
10p, and then on to 20p, e.g.
Find change from 50p by counting up to the next multiple of
10p, and then on to 50p, e.g.
• Mark bought a pen for 7p.
How much change did he get from 20p?
• Patrick bought three choc bars at 12p each.
How much change from 50p did he get?
• Lucy bought four chews for 3p each.
How much change from 20p did she get?
• Anna bought a pen for 15p and an eraser for 12p.
What was her change from 50p?
• Tim spent 4p.
What was his change from 10p?
• Anil spent 6p and 3p on toffees.
What change from 10p did he get?
Solve problems by making an ordered list to find all possibilities
Previous learning
Core for Year 2
Extension
Find and record all the different ways to solve a problem by
making an ordered list.
Find and record all the different ways to solve a problem by
making an ordered list.
Find and record all the different ways to solve a problem by
making an ordered list.
Money investigations
Money investigations
Money investigations
• You have these coins. Choose two of them.
• Dan has these coins. He chooses two of them.
• Which five coins make 74p?
Make other amounts with five different coins.
How many different amounts can you make?
What is the greatest amount of money you could choose?
What is the least amount?
Find all the totals you can make with two of the coins.
• Amy bought a lollipop. It cost 7p.
She paid for it exactly.
Which coins did she use?
Find all the ways to do it.
What if the gob-stopper cost 6p?
Other mathematical investigations
• How many different ways can you score 4 by rolling two
dice? What about 6?
Find all the different totals Dan could get by choosing two
of the coins.
• Ruth has two coins of the same value.
How much might she have altogether?
• Sophie has only two coins in her purse.
Tick all the amounts she could have in her purse.
23p
20p
25p
22p
26p
• In how many different ways can you make 16p using three
or more coins?
• Winston offered two silver coins to pay for a 17p toy.
How much change could he get?
Find all the possibilities.
• Take five coins: 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p.
Put them in a line.
Clues
The total of the first three coins is 27p.
The total of the last three coins is 31p.
The last coin is double the value of the first coin.
Other mathematical investigations
• Tara has two blue and two white counters.
• Which three coins make: 14p, 15p, 16p, 17p?
Can you make 18p using three coins?
Other mathematical investigations
Show all the different ways she can put them in a line.
• Using three dice, find different ways of scoring 12.
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Examples adapted from the Framework for teaching mathematics from Reception to Year 6, 1999