Calculate the Correct Change
🧾 The Cashier's Test! You hand the cashier a crisp 1-Dollar bill. The toy costs 60 cents. How much money do they have to hand back to you?
Concept
When you pay with more money than the item costs, the extra money "left over" is called your Change. 🎯 **The Change Formula:** **Money Given - Price Tag = Change.** **Example:** * You give: $1.00 (100¢). * Toy Costs: 78¢. * Math: **100 - 78 = ?** * Stack and borrow! (Or count up! 78 + 22 = 100). * Answer: The cashier MUST hand you **22¢** back. If the cashier hands you a dime and a penny (11¢)... they cheated you out of your hard-earned math money!
Try it
Don't get cheated! **Instructions:** Subtract the price from the money you gave the cashier ($1.00) to find your change. **Problem 1:** You give: $1.00 (100). The Candy cost: 90¢. * 100 - 90 = ? * Change: ___¢. **Problem 2:** You give: $1.00 (100). The Pencil cost: 45¢. * 100 - 45 = ? * (Hint: Borrow across zeroes! 10-5=5. 9-4=5). * Change: ___¢. **Problem 3:** You give: 50¢ (Two quarters!). The Sticker cost: 30¢. * Wait! You only gave 50! Subtract from 50, not 100! * 50 - 30 = ___¢ * Change: ___¢. **Problem 4:** You give: $1.00. The Game cost: $1.00. * 100 - 100 = ___ * Change: ___¢!