How to Work Out Change — Year 3 Money Examples, Activities & Worksheets

🎓 Year 3 (ACARA Code : AC9M3M06)
🎯Focus:
🛒 Explain what “change” means in a shopping context
🪙 Use the count-up strategy to calculate change from a given amount
➕ Calculate change from $2 when an item costs $1.30 (and similar problems)
🏪 Role-play buying and selling transactions using Australian coins
⭐ Represent the coins given as change in multiple ways

Video Lessons

📹 Video Lesson Tips

💬 Ask: “Can you show me how to count up to find change from $2?”
🏪 Set up a quick play-shop game using items around the house with price tags
🧩 Try the Mini Quiz below to check understanding

💡 Key Ideas (Quick Guide)

🛒 Big Idea: Change is the money you get back when you pay more than the price of an item!
🪙 What Is Change?
You buy something that costs $1.30
You pay with a $2.00 coin
The shopkeeper gives you back the difference — that’s your change!
Change = Amount Paid − Price of Item
➕ Maths Trick: Instead of subtracting, COUNT UP from the price to the amount you paid!

🧩 Mini Quiz – Quick Check

Try these after watching the video:

❓Question 1: What is “change” when you go shopping?

✅ Answer: The money you get back after paying

❓Question 2: An item costs $1.30. You pay $2.00. What is your change?

✅ Answer: 70c

❓Question 3: You use the count-up method starting at $1.30. You add 20c then 50c. Where do you land?

✅ Answer: $2.00

❓Question 4: Which coins could make 70c change?

✅ Answer: 50c + 20c

❓Question 5: You buy a snack for $2.50 and pay with $5.00. What is your change?

✅ Answer: $2.50

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📚 Other Lessons in This Unit

🚀 Learning Path (Recommended Order)

Step	🔗 Lesson	💡 What You Learn
1	💰 How to Represent Money Amounts in Different Ways \| Year 3 Maths Activities and Worksheets	This resource covers multiple ways to show the same amount using coins, notes, written words, and numerals.
2	💰 How to Work Out Change \| Year 3 Maths Activities and Worksheets ⭐ You are here⭐	Students learn step-by-step strategies to work out change from $5, $10, and $20 using addition, subtraction, and counting-on methods.