You buy 3 items costing 863p each and pay 2600p. How much change do you get, in pence?
Money with multiple purchases.
Combine equal prices and calculate change using pence.
Money with multiple purchases
Practice sheet
Name: ______________
Date: ______________
Combine equal prices and calculate change using pence.
You buy 4 items costing 731p each and pay 3000p. How much change do you get, in pence?
You buy 3 items costing 616p each and pay 1900p. How much change do you get, in pence?
You buy 3 items costing 840p each and pay 2600p. How much change do you get, in pence?
You buy 4 items costing 574p each and pay 2300p. How much change do you get, in pence?
You buy 5 items costing 184p each and pay 1000p. How much change do you get, in pence?
Money with multiple purchases
Answer key
Name: ______________
Date: ______________
Combine equal prices and calculate change using pence.
You buy 3 items costing 863p each and pay 2600p. How much change do you get, in pence?
You buy 4 items costing 731p each and pay 3000p. How much change do you get, in pence?
You buy 3 items costing 616p each and pay 1900p. How much change do you get, in pence?
You buy 3 items costing 840p each and pay 2600p. How much change do you get, in pence?
You buy 4 items costing 574p each and pay 2300p. How much change do you get, in pence?
You buy 5 items costing 184p each and pay 1000p. How much change do you get, in pence?
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Combine equal prices and calculate change using pence.
Department for Education: mathematics programmes of study ↗
Year 5 → Measurement · Selected statutory skill. Pack 2.2.0 · source checked 2026-10-12.
For teachers and parents
Multiply the price of one item by the quantity to get the total cost. Subtract that total from the amount paid, keeping all values in pence. Check change plus cost equals payment.
A common slip
Subtract the whole purchase cost, not just the price of one item.
You buy 2 items costing 600p each and pay 1200p. How much change do you get, in pence?
Multiply the price of one item by the quantity to get the total cost. Subtract that total from the amount paid, keeping all values in pence. Check change plus cost equals payment.