Addition and Subtraction Adding Money When writing an

Addition and Subtraction

Adding Money… When writing an amount of money in numbers we have to remember to use a decimal point. For example …. . One pound and twenty pence would be. . The pounds come before the decimal point. £ 1. 20 The amount in pence comes after the decimal point

Adding Money… Can you try to write the following as a number using a pound sign (£) and a decimal point(. )? Five pounds and forty three pence £ 5. 43 ANSWER Lift the spot to find the answer

Adding Money… Can you try to write the following as a number using a pound sign (£) and a decimal point(. )? Twenty eight pounds and ninety pence ANSWER £ 28. 90 Lift the spot to find the answer

Adding Money … • What about when the pence sign in a single digit? For example six pounds and eight pence… £ 6. 08 There must ALWAYS be 2 numbers after the decimal point If the pence is a single digit (8 pence) put a zero before it (. 08)

Adding Money… Can you try to write the following as a number using a pound sign (£) and a decimal point(. )? Twelve pounds and five pence ANSWER £ 12. 05 Lift the spot to find the answer

Try questions 1 - 6 Line up the decimal points below one another so each number is in the correct place value columns How much does a pizza and a lemonade cost 1 £ 2. 7 6 + £ 0. 16 £ 2. 9 2 £ 2. 76 When adding each column if the answer is more than ten put the units in the answer box and carry across the tens to be added in the next column 16 p (£ 0. 16)

Checking answers… Look at the working out below. Can you check if my working out is correct? 4+9 = 13 I’ve forgotten to carry over the 1 (10) +1 54 39 183 Put the 3 in the units column and carry 10 over to the next column. If you add the 10 carried over there should be a 9 in the tens column

Can you check the answers in questions a-j Top tip – try the question yourself and compare the answers.