Calculating Change
Students learn how to calculate the change received when paying for items with more money than the cost.
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Students learn how to calculate the change received when paying for items with more money than the cost.
Key Questions
- What does it mean to get change back?
- How can we use subtraction to figure out our change?
- If an item costs 75 cents and you pay with a loonie, how much change will you get?
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