NZ Money Amount — $0.50 — free printable diagram

How do you make $0.50 in New Zealand money?

This shows $0.50 in New Zealand notes and coins. Using the fewest pieces, that is 1 × 50c coin.

Amount

$0.50

In cents

50c

Fewest pieces

1

Made from

1 × 50c coin

• Made with the fewest notes and coins, $0.50 is 1 × 50c coin — 1 piece in total.
• New Zealand's coins are 10c, 20c, 50c, $1 and $2, and its notes are $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100. There is more than one way to make most amounts, so it is worth asking students to find a second way and compare how many pieces each takes.
• $0.50 is 50 cents, which is less than a dollar — there are 100 cents in a dollar.
• New Zealand stopped making 1c and 2c coins in 1990 and withdrew the 5c coin in 2006, so 10c is the smallest coin in use and cash totals are rounded to the nearest 10c at the till.