Lesson Plan: Adding and Subtracting Money: USD
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to solve word problems with money in cents or dollars by adding and subtracting numbers up to 100.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- recognize whether addition or subtraction is needed to complete a calculation,
- write an addition equation and calculate the total cost of items,
- write a subtraction equation and calculate change,
- calculate how much more or less money one item costs than another,
- identify the correct coins or bills needed to pay for an item.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- adding within 100,
- subtracting within 100.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- converting cents to dollars,
- values greater than 100 cents or 100 dollars.