Years 1–4 · Additive composition and difference
Money Market
Choose UK coins to make an exact total or calculate change.
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Curriculum and teaching evidence
Year rangeYears 1–4 (KS1–KS2)
Learning objectiveCombine UK coin values to make totals and reason about simple change.
DifficultyTotals progress from within 20p to mixed pounds and pence, with optional change questions.
Teaching notes and next steps
- Useful prerequisite
- Count in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s and recognise the pence symbol.
- Representation
- Clearly labelled coin-value buttons add to a visible running total.
- Common misconception
- Treating the physical size or number of coins as their value.
- Transfer prompt
- Find a second way to make the same total using fewer coins.
- Adult next step
- Say each coin value aloud; do not rely on a child recognising a coin only by appearance.
Checked against the official England mathematics programmes of study.
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