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Counting money – Year 2 maths lesson

Lesson 12 of 16 in the Year 2 maths course

UK version. UK school years, UK spelling and pounds (£). · US Math Department

A complete 45-minute lesson for Year 2 (ages 6–7) that runs on this page – at school or at home. Every answer is marked straight away, with a worked explanation.

Time
45 minutes + 15 min homework
Year
Year 2 (ages 6–7)
You need
Paper, a pencil and this page
Marked
Instantly, with explanations

For parents: how to use this lesson

You don't need to know this topic yourself. The lesson explains each step on screen, one tidy step at a time. Every answer is marked straight away with a worked explanation, so you never have to mark anything.

  1. Read what your child will learn and the big ideas together.
  2. Press Start the lesson below and sit with your child for the teaching and the worked examples (about 19 minutes).
  3. Let them do the practice on their own. They choose Getting started, On track or Challenge – start on On track and move up after a few right in a row.
  4. Finish with the exit ticket and the talk question: “How can a small coin be worth more than a big one?”
  5. Later that day or the next day: the homework (15 minutes), then a practice test.

Watch out for

  • Counting each coin as 1. Say the value of each coin as you count it.
  • Starting with the smallest coins and losing count. Sort the coins and count the biggest values first.

Tip for home: Let your child count coins from a purse or money jar.

What your child will learn

We are learning to recognise coins and notes and count amounts of money.

Success looks like

  • I can name coins and their values.
  • I can count a set of coins.
  • I can make an amount in different ways.

Key words

coin
a piece of money made of metal
value
how much something is worth
total
how much altogether
fewest
the smallest number of

What to have ready

  • Paper and a pencil
  • This page on a computer, tablet or phone
  • For the hands-on part: Set up a pretend shop with real or play coins. Pay for things with exact coins, then with the fewest coins. No coins? Draw coins on paper circles and write their values.

The big ideas (for the adult)

Each coin has a value. The biggest coin is not always worth the most, so read the value on it.

To count a set of coins, start with the coins worth the most, then count on.

There are many ways to make the same amount; using the fewest coins means using the biggest values first.

The lesson, step by step

45 minutes in 5 parts
PartTimeHow it is checked
Starter: quick recall5 minMarked by Classfern
Teaching input10 minNot assessed, self-checked
Worked examples and guided practice9 minNot assessed, marked by Classfern
Independent practice15 minMarked by Classfern
Plenary and exit ticket6 minMarked by Classfern, self-checked

Starter, "your turn", practice and exit ticket are marked by Classfern. Worked examples and teaching are not assessed. The hands-on task and the reflection are self-assessed. Explanations in talk are judged by the parent and not recorded.

The lesson

It runs here on the page. No sign-up and no names – progress is kept only in this browser.

Homework and practice at home

15 minutes: 8 practice questions, 3 multiple-choice questions and 2 to remember from earlier work, then a short reflection. New questions every time, all marked instantly.

More practice

All Year 2 maths lessons and tests · Maths Department

More Year 2 maths lessons

Curriculum

National Curriculum for England, Year 2: “find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money”

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