This document discusses making change and strategies for calculating change. It provides examples of calculating change when paying for items with $10 and $50. Students are instructed to work with partners to practice making change using the counting on strategy and checking their work with a calculator.

1. Making
Change

2. You have $10. How much
change will you get?
$8.99
Work with a
partner to
solve the
question.
Use the play
money to
show your
change.

3. Let’s Share Your Answers
Our Change The bills and coins we got back from the
cashier
$ 1.01 1 loonie and 1 penny
$ 1.01
$ 1.01

4. You have $50. How much
change will you get from the
cashier? How can you check to
make sure it is the right
amount?
Only$34.9
5

5. Let’s Discuss
What strategies did you use to figure
out how much change you should get
back from the cashier

6. Counting On
The amount of change you receive can
be determined by counting on from the
cost of the purchase to the amount used
to pay for it. You pay with a $50 bill.
$35…. $40…. $50.
You should get $15.05 in change!

7. Subtraction
You can also check the change you should
get back by using subtraction and a
calculator
$50.00
-$34.99
15.05

8. Let’s Practice Making Change
Work in partners.
Count out $50 for you and your partner to use
Now let’s go shopping!
Pick a toy to buy. Use your money to pay for
the toy and determine how much money you
would get back from the cashier
Use the “Counting On” strategy and check
your work with a calculator.