Fruit and vegetables

Fruit and vegetables

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This task is about adding and subtracting amounts of money.

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At the vegetable market Hohepa bought:
 
Vegetable Price
Carrots $1.20
Onions $3.15
Broccoli $1.05
Spinach $1.50
Potatoes $2.00
a)  i)  How much did these items cost altogether? $ 
 
     ii) How much change would he get from $20.00? $ 

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Jess bought fruit for a fruit salad at the following prices:
 
Fruit Price
Apples
40 cents
Oranges 50 cents
Plums 30 cents
Peaches 50 cents
Bananas 60 cents
Passionfruit $1.00
Pineapple $2.00
b)  Jenny gave the checkout operator $8.00. How much change should she get back? $ 
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto marking displayed to students).
Level:
3
Description of task: 
Students solve problems involving money by finding the total spent and the change from a given amount.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can help to identify students' ability to combine or partition numbers to solve simple decimal addition and subtraction problems.
 
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This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
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Answers/responses: 
  Y7 (06/1996)
a)
i)
ii)
$8.90
$11.10
very easy
easy
b)   $2.70 moderate