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Buying and Selling
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Buying and Selling
🛒 Part 1: Shopping Problems
1. Sarah wants to buy an apple for $3 and a banana for $2. How much money does she need altogether?
Total cost: $______
2. Tom has $10. He buys a toy car for $7. How much change will he get back?
Change: $______
3. Which coins would you use to pay for a $5 book? Circle the best answer:
Five $1 coins
One $5 note
Two $2 coins and one $1 coin
All of the above
4. Emma buys a sandwich for $6 and a drink for $3. She pays with a $10 note. How much change does she get?
Change: $______
💰 Part 2: Money Transactions
5. Look at this shopping list. Calculate the total cost:
• Pencil: $2
• Eraser: $1
• Ruler: $4
Total: $______
6. Jake is the shopkeeper. A customer buys items worth $8 and pays with a $20 note. What change should Jake give?
$10
$12
$14
$16
7. Circle all the ways you could pay for a $6 item:
Six $1 coins
Three $2 coins
One $5 note and one $1 coin
One $10 note (with $4 change)
✏️ Part 3: Explain Your Thinking
8. Explain how you would work out the change for this problem: "A customer buys a $9 toy and pays with a $20 note."
9. Draw or write a number sentence to show: $4 + $3 = total cost
10. Challenge: Lucy buys 3 items: a ball ($5), a book ($4), and a pen ($2). She pays with two $10 notes. What is her change?
Change: $______
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