These challenges are based around money. This has not been taught so far this term, so please use your knowledge of money from Y2 as well as you understanding of the 4 main operations.
Bronze
1.John buys a pen for £1.70 and a notepad for £3.20. How much did he spend altogether?
2. Ryan bought three cakes for 22p each. How much did he spend?
Explain how to solve these problems.
Silver
Gold
Explain how you know.
Platinum
Imagine your family agreed to give you some pocket money every day for a month! You can choose from the following options:
- £10 every day
- £3 on the first day, £3.50 on the second, £4 on the third, and so on, increasing by 50p per day
- 1p on the first day, 2p on the second, 4p on the third, and so on, doubling each day.
Without doing any working out, which one would you choose, and why?
