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Place Value Money Mastery

Use New Zealand dollars. Show your working for calculations, and include the dollar sign in money answers.

Reading the digits in prices

1.For the price $63.47, state the value of the 6, the 3, the 4 and the 7.

2.In $284.56, what is the value of the digit 8?

$8
$80
$800
8 cents

3.Write $7.32 in expanded form using powers of 10.

4.Which price has a 6 in the hundredths place?

$14.60
$16.24
$9.36
$60.18

Rounding and estimating

5.Round $36.72 to the nearest whole dollar.

6.Round $11.28 to the nearest whole dollar.

7.Mele buys a notebook for $8.65, a pen for $3.48 and a ruler for $2.79. Estimate the total by rounding each price to the nearest dollar, then calculate the exact total.

8.Mere has $40. Which items can she afford to buy one at a time? Select every item that costs no more than $40.

Water bottle: $18.95
Jacket: $40.75
Headphones: $39.99
Backpack: $41.20

Planning within a budget

Food or supply

Price

Sandwich platter

$21.80

Fruit bowl

$9.65

Juice cartons

$13.40

Paper cups

$5.75

Biscuit tin

$8.90

9.The group has $50 to spend. They buy one sandwich platter, one fruit bowl and one set of paper cups. Find the total cost and the money left from the budget.

10.Using the afternoon-tea price list, explain one way place value helps you check that your change from $50.00 is reasonable.

11.When comparing two prices, why does it matter whether a digit is in the dollars, tenths or hundredths place? Give one example.