The same thing can cost different amounts. Look before you buy.
Sam went to the market with four pretend coins. Three stalls sold the same bag of apples.
Corner charged five coins, Hill three coins and Lake six coins. The same bag had three prices.
The bags were all the same size, so the cheapest bag was the best buy. That was Hill, the one stall that four coins could pay.
Sam paid three coins and kept one. Looking at prices first got the apples and a coin to spare.
These are some of the questions on the sets. The printable sheets have more and an answer key.
Hill. Three is the fewest coins for the same bag.
1. 4 − 3 = 1.
No. Lake charges 6, and 4 is fewer than 6.
No. A smaller bag can cost less and still be worse value, so check the size too.
With a grown-up at a shop, find two prices for the same kind of thing and say which one is less.
Next time you shop, find two prices for the same kind of thing and say which is less, and check the sizes. The market in the story is made up, with pretend coins.
