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Sums with money
Connect P2 Term 2: Unit 8
GoalAdd money in pounds and say Ten plus five is fifteen pounds.
New words
plus · add: put togetheris · makescurrency · the money a country usestotal · all together
Explanation
The pound is the currency of Egypt. We can add money. We say: Ten plus five is fifteen. 10 + 5 = 15. Use the word plus when you put money together. Count the big numbers first, then the small ones. Say the total with the word pounds.
| Sum | We say |
|---|---|
| 10 + 5 = 15 | Ten plus five is fifteen. |
| 20 + 30 = 50 | Twenty plus thirty is fifty. |
Worked examples
Rahma
I have twenty pounds in my money box.
Dad
Here are ten pounds more.
Rahma
Twenty plus ten is thirty!
Dad
Yes! Now you have thirty pounds.
Look. Count the money: ten plus one plus one. Say the total.
A pencil is two pounds. A rubber is three pounds. Salma buys a pencil and a rubber. Two plus three is five. She gives the seller five pounds.
Now you. Say a sum with money: Five plus five is ten pounds.
Class activity
Money box. Make a money box from a clean plastic bottle or a paper cup (a grown-up cuts the hole). Decorate it. Put in some coins and count the pounds together. Say: I have twelve pounds. Add one coin and say the new total.
Practice
1
Look. Count the money. How much is it?
Seven pounds.
2
Look. Count the money. How much is it?
Thirty pounds.
3
Fifty plus twenty is ___ .
seventy.
4
A ball is 20 pounds. A hat is 10 pounds. How much for both? Say it in words.
Thirty pounds.
5
Writing: copy ‘Ten plus five is fifteen.’
Ten plus five is fifteen.