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Calculating Change Using Number Lines
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Calculating Change Using Number Lines
🎯 Success Criteria
I can:
Use a blank number line to find change
Calculate change mentally from £1, £2, and £5
Explain my strategy clearly
Show my working on number lines
💰 Part 1: Finding Change Using Number Lines
1. You buy a pencil for 65p and pay with £1. Use the number line to find your change.
Change: £_______
2. An apple costs £1.30. You pay with £2. Draw jumps on the number line to find the change.
Change: £_______
3. A toy car costs £3.75. You pay with £5. Show your working on the number line.
Change: £_______
4. Choose the correct change for: Book costs £2.40, paid with £5.
£2.60
£3.60
£2.40
£7.40
🧠 Part 2: Problem Solving
5. Sarah buys a sandwich for £2.85. She pays with £5. How much change does she get? Use the number line to show your strategy.
Answer: £_______
6. Tom has £2. He wants to buy a drink for £1.75. Draw on the number line to show if he has enough money and how much change he'll get.
Does he have enough? _______ Change: £_______
7. Explain in one sentence how using a number line helps you calculate change:
8. Challenge: Create your own change problem for a friend. Item costs between £1-£4, payment is £5.
Item: _________________ costs £_______
Payment: £5
Change: £_______
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