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

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
Tracing snapshot for print
Tip: After you trace words like coins or change, write a short sentence such as "My change is 4." and draw a little group of coins.

Practice 1 — Real-life money pictures

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Practice 2 — Which costs more?

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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 price tells how much the item costs.

2) What is change?

Change is the money you get back after you pay.

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

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

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

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

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

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?

3 → 10 is 7 steps, so change is 7.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Counting on shows the gap between price and what we pay.

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

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

12) Which picture is closest to a mini shop?

In a mini shop we see items, coins, and price tags.

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

4 → 10 is 6 steps, so change is 6.

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

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

15) Which sentence is true?

Price plus change equals the amount you pay.

Assessment (parent/teacher)

Exit ticket (student)

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