Teaching Mathematics
Sequence of Teaching Money
Presented by
Dot Shea
2013
 Money – Main ideas
•Start with dollars
•Introduce money concepts at same time as numeration
concepts eg. Number to 10 – Dollars to 10; Fractions –
Silver Coins
•Teach
•Kinesthetically
•Visually
•Auditory
 Money – Sequence of key
concepts
•Combination of notes and gold coins to ten dollars
•Bigger does not mean more!
 Money – Sequence of key
concepts
•A dollar more plus change
$5.95
$1.27
 Money – Sequence of key
concepts
•Combinations of notes and gold coins to twenty dollars
etc.
 Money – Sequence of key concepts
•Do I have enough money?
$5.95
$1.27
 Money – Sequence of key concepts
•Silver Coins – order of value
 Money – Sequence of key concepts
•Silver Coins – represented as a fraction/decimal of one dollar
 Money – Sequence of key
concepts
•Working out change from one dollar
Use a change card to find out the change from $1
•You spend 5c – how much change from $1
•You spend 55c – how much change from $1
•You spend 95c – how much change from $1
•You spend $1 – how much change from $1
 Money – Sequence of key
concepts
•Working out change using dollars and cents –
dollar more concept
Use a change card to find out the change from $10
•You spend $3.45c – how much change from $10
•You spend $8.55c – how much change from $10
 Money – Sequence of key
concepts
•Different representations of money
$3.60
360c
3.6
 Money – Sequence of key
concepts
•Using a calculator to calculate money
problems
•Addition of 2 money amounts + change
•Addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division using money as a decimal
calculation
•Real life money problems
•How to avoid too much change in your
pocket.