Maths eyes: Peggy Goes Shopping
Added: 23 Mar 2020
Contributor:
Mairead Holden
Resource type:
Activity
How important is a decimal point? In this short story "Peggy goes shopping", we learn about the importance of place value and number sense.
How it maps to the curriculum
- 3-4
- Mathematics
Strand: Measures
Strand unit: Money - Euro
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- rename amounts of euro or cents and record using symbols and decimal point
- rename amounts of money as euro or cents and record using e symbol and decimal point
- solve and complete one-step problems and tasks involving the addition and subtraction of money
- solve and complete practical one-step and two-step problems and tasks involving the addition, subtraction, multiplication and simple division of money
Suggestions for use: Children should be encouraged to read and discuss this short story in order to make sense of where the decimal point is missing.
