Fewest Coins - Mathsframe

Fewest Coins

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Make a given total using the fewest coins possible.

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New Maths Curriculum

Year 2: Add and subtract numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations, and mentally, including: a two-digit number and ones; a two-digit number and tens; two two-digit numbers; adding three one-digit numbers

Year 2: Recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p); combine amounts to make a particular value and match different combinations of coins to equal the same amounts of money; add and subtract money of the same unit, including giving change

Year 3: Add and subtract amounts of money to give change, using both £ and p in practical contexts

Year 3: Solve problems, including missing number problems, using number facts, place value, and more complex addition and subtraction

Year 4: Solve addition and subtraction two-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why.

KS2 Primary Framework:

Year 3: Solve one–step and two–step problems involving numbers, money or measures, including time, choosing and carrying out appropriate calculations

Year 4: Solve one-step and two-step problems involving numbers, money or measures, including time; choose and carry out appropriate calculations, using calculator methods where appropriate