"THE AMBLEWEB VIRTUAL SHOP(c)" Search for something to buy from the menu below:
	Put the correct change in here.

Teaching ideas:

• Use the virtual shop as a more visible alternative to plastic/real money in a class demonstration.
• Have the children lay out the coins in order of value / reverse order.
• Teach counting on "shopkeeper style."
• Have children sort the money for a particular price and print the screen as evidence.
• Pay for something with the least / most number of coins.
• The teacher could lay out a selection of coins. Can the children identify which items might have been bought?
• Could you afford more than one of something and how would you pay?
• Tell the children that somebody has paid £1, £2 or £3 for something - how much will their change be - again use "shopkeeper style" counting for calculating the change."
• Which combinations of goods can be bought with the money?
• After paying for one item can you buy another with the change or do you need to swap the money around? (lots of potential for mental maths with this exercise)
• Can you spend all of the money without leaving any change?
• Discuss with the children any other interesting ways of using the virtual shop.

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