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Money Shop

Shop with the coins and notes of your currency: pay exactly, work out the change, add up a basket and find the sale price.

Ages 5–1210 questions per roundRead aloudAdapts as you play

What it teaches

  • Counting coins and notes
  • Giving change by counting up
  • Adding prices and percentage discounts

How to play

  1. Step 1: Look at the price tag.

  2. Step 2: Tap coins and notes to pay, or choose the change.

  3. Step 3: Hints show how a shopkeeper counts up.

Levels

Start where it feels easy. Inside each level the questions get harder or easier as you play.

  1. Level 1 · Ages 5–6Pay whole amountsRunning total shownPlay level 1
  2. Level 2 · Ages 6–8Pay exactlySmaller coinsPlay level 2
  3. Level 3 · Ages 7–9ChangeCount up to the notePlay level 3
  4. Level 4 · Ages 8–10Shopping basketAdd up, then changePlay level 4
  5. Level 5 · Ages 10–12Sale pricesPercent offPlay level 5

Try a question

Level 2

Pay exactly $1.20.

$1.20
Show the answer

Answer: $1.20

You paid exactly $1.20.

Start with the biggest coin or note that is not more than $1.20, then add smaller ones.

Level 4

You buy these. You pay with $5. How much change do you get?

$1.50
$1.10
Show the answer

Answer: $2.40

$5 − $2.60 = $2.40

Add the prices first: together they cost $2.60. Then count up to $5.

The strategy behind it

Each level links to a short lesson that shows the trick step by step.

Practise on paper

Printable worksheets on the same topic, with answer keys.

Money maths

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