106 Paying at a Store
👩🏫 Teacher’s Guide
Objective
Students will learn how to pay at a store, count exact amounts, recognize when they need more money, and understand the idea of getting change.
Vocabulary
price, pay, change, total, coins, dollars
Teaching Notes
- Model paying with play money: show exact amounts and overpaying.
- Explain that change is the money you get back when you pay more than the price.
- Practice small-price items: $1–$5.
- Use role-play: cashier and customer.
- Reinforce checking: “Do I have enough?”
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🧒 Student Worksheet
Concept and Helping Material
When we buy something at a store, we pay the price.
If we pay more than the price, we get change.
We must check if we have enough money before buying.
Hands-On Experiment or Activities
What You Need:
Play money, small items with prices ($1–$5), shopping baskets.
What You Do:
1. Students pick 1–2 items.
2. Add prices to find the total.
3. Pay using play money.
4. Cashier gives change if needed.
5. Students record each purchase.
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Vocabulary and Definition
- — how much something costs
- — to give money for something
- — money you get back
- — all prices added together
- — the money we use
Words to Learn
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Questions to Answer
Story:
Mia goes to a small store.
She wants a juice for $3 and a cookie for $2.
She has $6 in her wallet.
1. What is the price of the juice?
2. What is the price of the cookie?
3. What is the total for both items?
4. Mia has $6. Does she have enough?
5. If she pays with $6, how much change will she get?
6. Why does she get change?
7. What could Mia buy if she only had $3?
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🧮 Finance Math Practice
1. A pencil costs $1. You pay $2. Change?
2. A snack costs $3. You have $4. Enough?
3. A drink costs $4. You pay $5. Change?
4. A toy costs $5. You have $3. Can you buy it?
5. You buy two items: $2 and $3. Total?
6. You pay $5 for something that costs $4. Change?
7. You buy an eraser for $2. You have $1. Enough?
8. A sticker costs $1. You have $3. How much left after buying it?
9. You buy a $4 item with $4. Change?
10. A book costs $6. You have $6. Enough?
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Reflection
- Why do stores give change?
- Why should you check the total before paying?