🔢 MathLevel 1Lesson 29
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Buying and Selling in a Mini-Shop

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Learning Objectives

  • 1Read a price tag
  • 2State the cost in cents
  • 3Select the correct coins to pay an exact price
  • 4Use the words buyer and seller correctly
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Mini Lesson

A shop is a place where people buy and sell items. The person who pays money is the buyer. The person who receives money and gives the item is the seller. Every item in a shop has a price tag that tells you how many cents it costs.

Steps to buy an item

  1. Read the price tag.
  2. Count out coins that add up to exactly that amount.
  3. Hand the coins to the seller.
  4. Receive your item.

Example: Pay 16¢ for a sticker

  • Price tag: 16¢
  • Choose: 1 dime (10¢) + 1 nickel (5¢) + 1 penny (1¢)
  • Count: 10 → 15 → 16 ✓
  • Pay 16¢ — exact!

Key words

  • Buyer — pays money, gets the item
  • Seller — receives money, gives the item
  • Price tag — shows the cost in cents
Mini shop scene showing buyer and sellerA simple shop counter. On the left a buyer holds coins. On the right a seller holds an item. A price tag in the middle shows 16 cents.Mini-ShopBuyer💰 coinsPrice16¢Seller🍎 itemBuyer pays → Seller gives item
The buyer pays coins, the seller gives the item. The price tag shows what is owed.
Step-by-step paying 16 cents with a dime, a nickel, and a pennyThree steps: step 1 dime equals 10, step 2 plus nickel equals 15, step 3 plus penny equals 16 cents.Paying 16¢ Step by StepStep 1:10¢Dime → "10"Step 2:5¢+ Nickel → "15"Step 3:1¢+ Penny → "16" ✓Total = 16¢ — exact!
Count on step by step: dime (10), nickel (15), penny (16). Stop — that is the exact price!
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Read the price tag first — then count your coins to match it exactly!

Vocabulary
Buyer
The person who pays money and gets the iteme.g. A child paying for an apple
Seller
The person who receives money and gives the iteme.g. The shopkeeper at the counter
Price tag
A label that shows how many cents an item costse.g. 16¢
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