Description
How to count up and add the takings from a café by sorting notes and coins into multiples of £1. To make the adding up process easier, the presenter counts coins and notes of different values separately. For example, pennies are stacked into piles of ten, making 10p. Ten of these stacks add up to £1. The process is repeated with the other coins to make more £1 stacks. Next, the notes are separated and counted. Eventually, any spare coins are added to make up pounds and the total is added together.
Classroom Ideas
A strategy for sorting and counting money could be helpful for students to see before being asked to complete a similar task. The values of different coins and notes could be written on the board before dividing students into groups, each with a pile of change in front of them. Students could sort their coins by type and add up the total value of their pile.
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