Mental Calculations and Money

KS3 Numeracy Year 7
This unit is part of Around ARE Consolidating Numeracy

Objectives

Day 1

  • Use inverse operations to check calculations and to solve missing number calculations.

Day 2

  • Revise adding amounts of money and finding change.

Day 3

  • Revise multiplying and dividing amounts of money by a single digit number.

Lesson Planning

Day 1

Check-up

Use inverse operations to check calculations and to solve missing number calculations.

Follow-up

Use function machines to help students see that inverse operations do the opposite of each other.

Day 2

Check-up

Use mental strategies to add amounts of money and find change.

Follow-up

Focus on the three mental strategies to add amounts of money, and ‘counting up’ to find change.

Day 3

Check-up

Multiply and divide amounts of money by single-digit numbers, choosing a strategy.

Follow-up

Look at range of mental and written strategies to multiply and divide amounts of money by single-digit numbers.