Year 1 Teaching Sequence 6
Recognise coins up to and including 10p and find totals of two or more coins (three days)
Prerequisites:
 Count on two (see teaching sequences 4 and 5, and oral and mental starter bank 6);
 Know by heart pairs to 5 (see teaching sequence 3 and oral and mental starter banks 5 and 6).
Overview of progression:
Note that children can find it difficult to understand that one coin can represent many pennies, especially when there is no
size relationship with coins, e.g. the 5p coin does not look five times as big as the 1p coin. Use real coins, the cost of using
small coins can be little different from plastic coins!
Watch out for children who think that the bigger coins are worth more rather than focusing on the numbers on them. Chn
will have had varying experience of handling money outside of school.
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Objectives:
 Recognise 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p coins;
 Find totals of two coins from 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p.
Whole class
Group activities
Paired/indiv practice
Resources
Show chn 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p coins (large mock
coins or IWB coins). If someone gave you just
one of these coins, which one would you rather
have? Why? If someone says the 10p coin, say
but why not this coin? (Pointing the 2p), it
looks bigger! Draw out that the numbers on
the coins tell us how much they are worth.
Also discuss how ‘silver’ coins are worth more
than copper ones. Look for the numbers 1, 2, 5
and 10 on the washing line to reinforce which
numbers have a greater value.
Give each pair of chn a pot of coins, one each
of 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p (preferably real coins).
Show a large coin and ask them to find the
same coin in their pot to show you.
Show the 2p coin and say this is worth the
same as two pennies. Show five pennies and
ask chn to find the coin their pot that is worth
the same. Repeat with ten pennies.
Show a 5p coins and 1p coin. How much money
have I got? How many pennies could I swap it
for? Repeat for 5p and 2p swapping each coin
for pennies and finding the total.
Hide a large 5p coin behind a ‘wall’ (piece of
card) or cover an IWB 5p coin with a box.
Gradually reveal the coin asking chn what coin
it might be, and what coins it can’t be (e.g. it
Group of 4-5 chn
Give each child a pot of ten pennies.
Hold up a 2p coin. How many pennies
could I swap this coin for? How do you
know? Show me. Rpt with 5p and 10p.
Show two 2p coins. How many pennies
could I swap two 2p coins for? How can
we work it out? Match two pennies with
each coin and agree that there are four
pennies altogether. What if I had three
2p coins? Match pennies to three 2p
coins, four 2p coins and five 2p coins.
Rpt for two 5p coins.
Easier: Match pennies with only one and
two coins.
Harder: Write addition sentences to
match two, three, four and five 2p
coins.
Give each pair of chn a pot of
ten pennies, and one each of 2p,
5p and 10p coins. Ask them to
draw each coin and by the side
how many pennies they could
swap it for.
Give chn an activity sheet with
coins and 1ps to match, e.g.
5p, 1p with a line of ten pennies
above. (See resources.)
Ask chn to ring the number of
pennies for each coin, and write
the total underneath.
Easier: Activity sheet of each
coin with pennies to ring above,
then combinations of 1p and 1p,
2p and 1p, 5p and 1p.
Harder: Also include 10p, 1p, 10p,
2p, and 10p, 5p with a line of 15
pennies above each.
(See resources.)
 Large
mock/IWB 1p,
2p, 5p and 10p
coins
 1p, 2p, 5p and 10
coins
(preferably real)
 Washing line,
pegs and 1-10
number cards
 Pots of ten
pennies
(preferably real)
 Photocopies of
activity sheets
as described
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Give pairs of chn a sheet with
the coins 1p, 2p, 5p, and 10p
drawn in one set, and 1p and 2p
in the other (see resources). Ask
 Large mock 1p,
2p, 5p and 10p
coins and a piece
of card, or
Group of 4-5 chn
Show chn a 5p coin and a 2p coin. How
much money do I have? Point to the 5p
coin saying five and tap the 2p coin
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can’t be 1p or 2p as it’s the wrong colour).
Repeat with 1p, 10 and 2p coins.
Show all four coins. I need three pence, but
there isn’t a 3p coin. What could I do? Talk to
your partner. Agree you could use a 2p coin
and a 1p coin. Record 2p + 1p = 3p.
Rpt for finding 4p, 6p, 7p, 11p and 12p. Model
counting on in pennies from the larger coin
(e.g. tapping the 2p twice to count on two).
Show chn items from a class shop with price
tags: 4p, 7p, 9p, 10p and 12p.
Take each in turn and discuss what coins could
be used to pay. Use counting on from the first
coin to check the totals.
How can I pay 4p? What coins could add up to
make 4p?
I could use a 5p coin and two pennies to pay
7p, is there another way I could pay?
I want to buy the pencil for 10p but I haven’t
got a 10p coin. How else could I pay? Is there
a way I could pay with two coins rather than
use all my pennies?
twice saying six, seven. Rpt adding 2p to
other amounts showing chn how to
count on 2p by tapping it twice as they
do so. Find the totals of other
combinations of coins, e.g. 5p and 5p,
exchanging the second coin for pennies
if necessary. Record some of the
additions.
Easier: Any coin plus 1p or 2p,
exchanging for pennies if necessary.
Harder: If chn are confident, progress
to adding three coins (at least one of
which should be 1p or 2p).
Group of 4-5 chn
Together investigate different ways of
making 6p, recording the ways by
sticking coins to a piece of card. What’s
the smallest number of coins we could
use? And the most? Is there a way
using 2p coins?
Easier: Investigate ways of making 5p.
Harder: After chn have found a few
different ways, introduce being more
systematic, e.g. what’s the biggest coin
I could use? Let’s find the ways using
that. And the next biggest? Let’s find
as many different ways using 2p, and
then 2p and 1p coins.
chn to choose one coin from
each set to add together. They
should write the addition for
each.
Easier: Exchange coins for
pennies if necessary.
Harder: If chn are confident,
challenge them to find a way of
making 8p and 9p.
Challenge chn to find ways of
making as many amounts up to
10p as they can (one way for
each). You could give them a
sheet with 1p, 2p, 3p…10p down
the side and space to draw coins
to make those amounts at the
side.
Easier: Challenge chn to find
ways of making 3p, 6p and 11p
and to record it.
Harder: Also challenge chn to
see if there is more than one
way to make at least three of
the amounts.
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create a box to
cover IWB coins
 1p, 2p, 5p and 10
coins
(preferably real)
 Activity sheet
as opposite
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Items from a
class shop with
price tags: 4p,
7p, 9p, 10p and
12p
Large mock 1p,
2p, 5p and 10p
coins
Pots of ten 1p
coins, five 2p
coins, two 5p
coins and one
10p coin
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