Lesson: Subtracting Money: USD Mathematics • 1st Grade

In this lesson, we will learn how to subtract amounts of money up to 100 cents.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

subtract two amounts of money by counting on, counting back, or using column subtraction,
subtract to find the difference between two amounts of money,
subtract to find how much more money is needed to make an amount,
subtract to find how much less one amount is than another.

Q1:

Matthew has 630 piastres and Chloe has 550 piastres. Find the difference between what they have in pounds.

Q2:

Anthony had 83¢. Then he spent 1 dime and 2 pennies. How much does he have now?

Q3:

Daniel took 87¢ to the shop and bought an apple. After that, he had 55¢.

How much was the apple?