Number · Units, money & time
Chapter 1 · 3
The idea
Money problems (change, pay, bills, offers and exchange rates)
Everyday money questions with one toolkit: write amounts correctly in pounds and pence, work out totals and change (and work backwards from the change), pay from hours and overtime, bills with a fixed or standing charge, multi-buy offers, exchange rates, how many you can afford, and how to show whether there is enough money.
A full journey — read it, play with it, work it, then earn real exam marks. Everything stays on the timeline below.
In this lesson — start anywhere
Number · Units, money & time
Money problems (change, pay, bills, offers and exchange rates)
Everyday money questions with one toolkit: write amounts correctly in pounds and pence, work out totals and change (and work backwards from the change), pay from hours and overtime, bills with a fixed or standing charge, multi-buy offers, exchange rates, how many you can afford, and how to show whether there is enough money.
Why it works
Pounds and pence
Jo is saving for a school trip to Spain in July. It costs £, and she wants € to spend there. She earns money in a café on Saturdays. Will she have enough? Every money question asks this: what comes in, what goes out, and is there enough? We will follow Jo all the way to July.There are pence in a pound: pence to pounds is , and pounds to pence is . Only add amounts in the same unit: £ and p make £, not . Write pounds with two digits after the point: £, never £. And £ is three pounds five pence.
Keep reading — free
The rest of the explanation, plus 5 worked examples you step through move by move.
Start freeTakes a minute — no card.