In the United Kingdom, money is pounds and pence.
Pence are the small coins. 100 of them make one pound.
Step 1: Let's Learn
Read it, or press Listen and follow the words.
Two ways to write it
Pence use the letter p: 5p. Pounds use the sign £: £1.
A pound is a hundred
100 pence make £1. Ten 10p coins make £1 too.
The coins to know
Pence coins: 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p. Then the £1 and £2 coins.
Step 2: Try It Yourself
Build a pound out of pence.
Hundreds
1
Tens
0
Ones
0
1 hundred, 0 tens and 0 ones is 100.
Step 3: In Real Life
A shop in London
A pack of crayons costs £1. You hand over ten 10p coins. The shopkeeper counts: 10, 20, 30, up to 100. Same money, one pound.
Step 4: Watch an Example
One step at a time.
Watch Amira Make a Pound
Amira has ten 10p coins.
- Step 1
She counts in tens: 10, 20, 30.
Step 5: Your Turn
Practice makes it stick.
The Sweet Shop
Problem 1 of 2
A lolly costs 100p. How many pounds is that?
The Piggy Bank
Problem 2 of 2
Which is worth more, 50p or £1?
Pence and Pounds
1 of 3
How many pence make £1?
2 of 3
How many 10p coins make £1?
3 of 3
5p and 5p. How many pence?
Step 6: Quick Check
Show what you know.
Question 1 of 2
How many pence make one pound?
Question 2 of 2
Which sign means pounds?
What You Learned
- 100 pence make £1.
- Pence use p. Pounds use £.
- Ten 10p coins make a pound.
For the grown-up
This course is for families outside the United States. It teaches the same money ideas as Grade 2 Math, chapter 7, in pounds, euros and rupees. Nothing here needs the dollar lessons first.
Children confuse the number of coins with their value: five coins called five pence. Count the coins and count the value, and say both numbers out loud.