This page will explain how to work out the amount of money you have using coins. Unless we say otherwise, all the questions on this page are in pounds (£).
Working out how much money there is in coins
How much money, in pence (p), is there in this picture?
In this picture, there is one 10p coin, one 2p coin, one 1p coin and one 5p coin. If we want to know how much money there is in pence, we simply add up the numbers and add the “p” on the end.
In this case, we add 10, 2, 1 and 5 together. This gets us 18p.
So the answer to this question is 18p.
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How much money, in pounds (£), is there in this picture?
In this picture, there is one £1 coin, one 50p coin and one 1p coin. Now, £1 is a fancy way of saying 100p. If it helps, imagine 100p every time you see £1. For £2, you can imagine it is 200p, and so on.
So, for this question, we need to add 100 (100p = £1), 50 and 1. This gets us 151p. To convert it into pounds (£), we just need to put the last two numbers next to a decimal point.
For this answer, 151p would be changed to £1.51. That is our answer.
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Working out how much money there is in notes and coins
How much money, in pounds (£), is there in this picture?
In this picture, there is one £5 note, one £1 coin, one 1p coin, one 5p coin and one 50p coin. To work this one out, we need to add 5, 1, 0.01, 0.05 and 0.5, which gets us £6.56.
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Working out how to make up an amount of money using notes and coins
Use coins to make up £1.50.
There are many ways to make £1.50 using coins. Below are some of the possible combinations you can make to add up to £1.50:
- 1 £1 coin, 1 50p coin
- 2 50p coins, 1 20p coin, 1 10p coin, 2 5p coins
- 5 20p coins, 1 50p coin
And so on…
Have a go at making up different amounts of money. Start with the ones that only use coins, then go on to the questions where you can use notes as well.
Interactive questions that allow you to use notes and coins are coming soon.