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Money Combinations Worksheet
Hemi and Ana are helping at the swimming carnival snack stall. Use New Zealand dollars and cents. Coins are 10c, 20c, 50c, $1 and $2; notes are $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100. Show your working where needed.
Make and compare amounts
Use different combinations of New Zealand money.
1.The stall has collected $15 for the carnival. Write three different combinations of notes and coins that make exactly $15.
2.Which of these combinations make exactly $25? Select every correct answer.
- $20 + $5
- $10 + $10 + $2 + $2 + $1
- $20 + $2 + $2 + $1
- Five $5 notes
- $20 + $2 + $2
3.Wiremu is counting the coins from a relay-team fundraiser: four $2 coins, three $1 coins and two 50c coins. How much has he collected altogether?
4.Ana buys a swimming cap for $28 and pays with a $50 note. How much change should she get?
5.Hemi wants to pay the exact $6 entry fee using the fewest coins possible. What coins should he use, and how many coins is that?
Carnival money challenges
Think carefully about totals, change and efficient combinations.
6.A team raises $20 at the snack stall. Write one way to make $20 using only coins and one way using only notes.
7.The stall needs $37 for supplies. What is the smallest number of New Zealand notes and coins that makes exactly $37? Write the combination and count the pieces.
8.A fruit cup costs $3.40. Hemi pays with a $5 note. Which coins could he receive as change? Give one combination.
9.True or false? Two different combinations of notes and coins can have the same total value. Give an example to support your answer.
TrueFalse
10.Create a money challenge for a carnival helper: choose a total between $5 and $30 and write two different combinations that make it. Include the total and both combinations.
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