Thank you for working out the money in our birthday present pot! We have had lots of suggestions from St Aldhelms School. Can they all be right?
Matthew:
| 20 * £1.00 | = | £20.00 |
| 20 * 50p | = | £10.00 |
| 44 * 20p | = | £8.80 |
| 3 * 10p | = | 30p |
| 13 * 5p | = | 65p |
| Total | £39.75 |
Justin:
| 7 * £1.00 | = | £7.00 |
| 48 * 50p | = | £24.00 |
| 43 * 20p | = | £8.60 |
| 1 * 10p | = | £0.10 |
| 1 * 5p | = | £0.05 |
| Total | £39.75 |
Emma:
| 10 * £1.00 | = | £10.00 |
| 50 * 50p | = | £25.00 |
| 10 * 20p | = | £2.00 |
| 25 * 10p | = | £2.50 |
| 5 * 5p | = | 25p |
| Total | £39.75 |
When you pay for things in shops you can give the money in lots of different ways but in this case you had a set number of coins, 100. are you surprised by the different answers?