Adding Money - Digit Drag

A challenging game in which you have to drag the digit cards to make the correct amount of money. Great for developing problem solving skills, generating 'rules' and encouraging trial and improvement.

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Game Objectives

New Maths Curriculum

Year 2: Add and subtract numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations, and mentally, including: a two-digit number and ones; a two-digit number and tens; two two-digit numbers; adding three one-digit numbers

Year 3: Solve problems, including missing number problems, using number facts, place value, and more complex addition and subtraction

Year 4: Solve addition and subtraction two-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why.

Year 5: Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of units of measure (e.g. length, mass, volume, money) using decimal notation

Primary Framework

Year 5: Solve one-step and two-step problems involving whole numbers and decimals and all four operations, choosing and using appropriate calculation strategies, including calculator use

Year 6: Solve multi-step problems, and problems involving fractions, decimals and percentages; choose and use appropriate calculation strategies at each stage, including calculator use