Count Change from £5, £10 and £20

In this worksheet, students will find the total spent and then calculate the change given when paying for items with a £5, £10 or £20 note. The shopkeeper's counting on method is used.

Key stage: KS 2

Year: Year 3 Maths worksheets

Curriculum topic: Measurement

Curriculum subtopic: Add/Subtract Money

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Worksheet Overview

In this activity, we will find the total spent and then use the shopkeeper's method to work out the change by 'counting on'.

pile of money

Example

I have a £10 note and spend £6.44 on a DVD and £0.99 on a pencil.

How much change will I get?

Answer

First, we must add £6.44 and £0.99.

Here, we pretend that the pencil costs £1 and then take off 1p.

Total = £6.44 + £1.00 - £0.01 = £7.44 - £0.01 = £7.43

Using the diagram, we count on to convenient amounts of money to find the change.

This is known as the shopkeeper's method.

shopkeeper's method of finding change

Add the red amounts to get the total change of £2.57

Does that make sense?

boy thinking

Let's have a go at some questions now.

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