This three-page Year 2 worksheet asks pupils to make one amount with different coins. Page 1 lists six amounts, 10p, 20p, 35p, 50p, 75p and £1, each with two boxes labelled Way 1 and Way 2 for drawing coins. Page 2 shows seven coins and asks for the fewest coins that make 15p, 40p, 80p and £1.50. The key gives one sample for each Way and the fewest-coin answers. It follows England National Curriculum measurement.
Measurement
“find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money”
Each of the six amounts on page 1 needs two different coin combinations.
Measurement
“recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p); combine amounts to make a particular value”
Page 2 includes £1.50, which pupils build from a £1 coin and a 50p coin.
A table with six amounts and two blank boxes beside each, Way 1 and Way 2. Pupils draw UK coins in the boxes.
A row of seven coins from 1p to £1, then four boxes asking for the fewest coins that make 15p, 40p, 80p and £1.50.
A sample for each Way, with a note to accept any two valid combinations, and the fewest-coin answers: 10p + 5p, 20p + 20p, 50p + 20p + 10p and £1 + 50p.
Coins in hand
Give pupils a pot of real coins to build each amount before they draw it. 35p is the first one most pupils find tricky.
Which is fewer
Ask pairs to compare Way 1 and Way 2 for 75p and say which uses fewer coins. That leads straight into page 2.
Shop role play
Set a price of 80p and ask the shopkeeper to count out the fewest coins. Then ask the customer to find a different way.
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