# Lesson 110: Making change up to 10

🧮 MATH (40 Lessons) • 🟣 D. Data and Money

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## Objective

I can read a price, see how much I pay, and work out the change up to 10. I can use coins and counting on to find how much money I get back in a simple mini shop.

## Materials

- Real coins or play coins (for example, 1, 2, 5, and 10 units)
- Small toys or snack pictures with price tags from 1 to 10
- Paper and pencil to write prices and change
- Optional: a small box or tray to act as the shop till

## Mini-lesson — Price, pay, and change up to 10

When you buy something, you see a price, you pay with coins, and sometimes you get change back.

Price and pay

- The price tells how much the item costs. Example: a sticker costs 6.
- When you pay, you give coins. Example: you pay with a 10 coin.

What is change?

- If you pay more than the price, you get change.
- Change is the money the shopkeeper gives back to you.
- Change is the gap between what you pay and the price.

Counting on to find change

- To find change, start at the price and count on until you reach what you pay.
- Example: Price = 6, you pay 10.
- Count: 6 → 7 → 8 → 9 → 10. You counted 4 steps, so the change is 4.

Using coins for change

- We can make change with different coins.
- Change 4 can be 2 + 2 or 1 + 1 + 2.
- In this lesson, we keep all change amounts up to 10 to make it friendly and clear.

Remember: price + change = what you pay. We use counting on and simple coins to help our thinking.

Picture strip: Mini shop and number line change.

Price and coins

Change on a number line

## Guided Practice — Mini shop change game

You will play a mini shop game with simple prices and coins. Then you will use the tracing pad to write the most important money words.

1. Set up your shop: Choose 3 or 4 small items (toys, snacks, or pictures). Give each item a price from 1 to 9 and write it on a small piece of paper. Example: sticker 3, ball 7, card 5.
2. Choose your coins: Use coins such as 1, 2, 5, and 10. Put them in a little pile. These are the coins you can use to pay.
3. Play a round: Pick one item. Read the price. Then choose a coin to pay. Try to use 10 to make the change easy.
4. Find the change: Start at the price and count on to the coin you used to pay. The number of steps is the change.
5. Make the change with coins: Use smaller coins to make the change amount. For example, if the change is 3, you might use 1 + 2 or 1 + 1 + 1.
6. Write the key words: On your paper, make a small list of words:
   • price • coins • pay • change
7. Use the tracing pad: Choose two words and trace them on the pad. Then draw a tiny picture of a coin or a price tag next to each word.

Tracing Pad
Lines
Trace
Pen

## Practice 1 — Real-life money pictures

[PLACEHOLDER PRACTICE 1]

## Practice 2 — Which costs more?

[PLACEHOLDER PRACTICE 2]

## Practice 3 — Do I have enough money?

[PLACEHOLDER PRACTICE 3]

## Quick Check — Making change up to 10

Answer each question about price, pay, and change. You may look back at the mini-lesson and your guided practice notes.

1) What is the price of an item?

The money you get back The amount the item costs The number of coins in your pocket
The price tells how much the item costs.

2) What is change?

The price of an item The coins you give to pay The money the shopkeeper gives back
Change is the money you get back after you pay.

3) Price = 6, you pay 10. How much change should you get?

4 3 6
6 → 7 → 8 → 9 → 10 is 4 steps, so change is 4.

4) Price = 7, you pay 10. What is the change?

2 3 5
7 → 8 → 9 → 10 is 3 steps, so change is 3.

5) Price = 5, you pay 10. What is the change?

1 4 5
5 more steps are needed to go from 5 to 10, so change is 5.

6) Price = 3, you pay 10. How much change do you get?

7 5 3
3 → 10 is 7 steps, so change is 7.

7) Which set of coins could be change of 4?

2 and 5 2 and 2 5 and 5
2 + 2 = 4, so this matches change of 4.

8) Which set of coins could be change of 3?

1 and 1 2 and 2 1, 1, and 1
1 + 1 + 1 = 3, so this matches change of 3.

9) Price = 9, you pay 10. Which number sentence shows the change?

9 + 1 = 10 9 + 2 = 10 10 + 1 = 9
You add 1 to 9 to reach 10, so the change is 1.

10) Why do we use counting on to find change?

To make the price larger To see how many steps from the price to the amount we pay To count how many items are in the shop
Counting on shows the gap between price and what we pay.

11) Price = 2, you pay 5. What is the change?

1 2 3
2 → 3 → 4 → 5 is 3 steps, so change is 3.

12) Which picture is closest to a mini shop?

A table with items, coins, and price tags A tree with leaves A clock showing the time
In a mini shop we see items, coins, and price tags.

13) Price = 4, you pay 10. What is the change?

4 6 8
4 → 10 is 6 steps, so change is 6.

14) Price = 1, you pay 5. Which set of coins could be the change?

1 and 1 1 and 2 2 and 2
Change is 4. 2 + 2 = 4, so this set matches.

15) Which sentence is true?

Price + change = what you pay Price + pay = change Change is always 10
Price plus change equals the amount you pay.

## Assessment (parent/teacher)

Student can explain the words price, pay, and change. Student can use counting on to find change up to 10. Student can choose the correct change amount in simple mini shop stories. Student can match simple coin groups to a change amount up to 10. Student can show change on a number line with numbers up to 10.

## Exit ticket (student)

😀 I can find change up to 10 easily. 🙂 I can find some change amounts but still need more practice. 😅 Finding change up to 10 still feels tricky for me.

#### Next time I will practise…

Counting on from the price to the amount I pay Making change with coins up to 10 Showing change on a number line
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