Pounds & Pence Notation
Recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p) and combine amounts to make a particular value
What a learner can do afterwards
- Write £1.50 or 150p correctly
- Combine coins to make a given total, e.g. 50p + 20p + 5p = 75p
- Read prices written with £ and p symbols
1 · Read
Money is written in two ways. Pence alone use the letter p, like 60p. Pounds and pence together use the £ sign, like £1.50. 100 pence always makes £1, so 100p and £1.00 mean the exact same amount.
Zara counts her coins: a 50p, a 20p, and a 5p. She adds them one by one: 50p, then 50p + 20p = 70p, then 70p + 5p = 75p. The sticker she wants costs 75p, so she has exactly enough.
The dot in £1.50 splits pounds from pence. Always keep two digits after the dot, so write £1.05, not £1.5.
£ counts whole pounds, p counts pence, and 100p always makes exactly £1.
More to read
Money and time: FAQ
Money and time both use numbers every day. Coins add up to a price. Clocks add up minutes to an hour.
Practice with real things. Count coins to pay for fruit. Read the clock when you start and finish play. Maths lives in both.
Whole number place value review
Whole number place value builds big numbers. Ones make ones, tens make tens. Ten ones trade for one ten.
Build 35 with sticks and cubes. Three tens and five ones. Add ten more and watch the tens digit climb by one.
1.3: Topic C- Place Value
Each place has a job. Ones show singles, tens show groups of ten. The same digit means more when it moves left.
Compare 27 and 72. Both use 2 and 7, but 72 is larger because its 7 means 70.
Properties of addition
Adding has helpful rules. Order does not change the total. So 3 plus 9 is the same as 9 plus 3.
Grouping helps too. You can add 2 plus 3 first, then add 4. The total stays the same however you group.
2 · Watch
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