Remember: The same thing can cost different amounts. Look at more than one place, check the size, and count your coins before you buy.
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Sam at the marketSam went to the market with a purse of four pretend coins to buy a bag of apples for a pie. Three stalls sold the same bag. The Corner stall charged five coins, the Hill stall three coins and the Lake stall six coins. Sam walked back to think. The bags were all the same size, so the cheapest bag was the best buy, and that was Hill. Four coins was enough for Hill, the one stall that four coins could pay. Sam paid three coins, and one coin was left in the purse. Looking at prices first got Sam the apples and a coin to spare.
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Look at the coins. Which stall charges the most for a bag?
HillCornerLake
2
Corner charges 5 and Hill charges 3. Corner costs 5 − 3 = more coins.
3
Sam can pay for a bag at the Lake stall with four coins.
TrueFalse
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Sam pays 3 coins from the 4 in the purse. 4 − 3 = coin left.
5
A friend has 6 coins. Which stalls could sell the friend a bag?
Hill onlyCorner and HillAll three
Join, fix and think
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The bags are all the same size, so the cheapest bag is the best buy.
TrueFalse
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Join each smart step to why it helps.
1Looking at two stalls first
2Checking the bags are the same size
3Counting your coins first
Ashows what you can afford
Bhelps you compare fairly
Chelps you find a better price
8
Put Sam's day in order, first to last.
Sam picks Hill, the cheapest
Sam goes to the market with four coins
Sam pays three coins and keeps one
Sam looks at the Corner, Hill and Lake stalls
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Fix the mistake: Sam says the smaller bag costs less, so it must be the better buy.
TrueFalse
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Corner costs 5 and Sam has 4. Sam is 5 − 4 = coin short of Corner.
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At a shop with a grown-up, find two prices for one thing. Write which is less.
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Draw the three stalls and write the price on each sign: 5, 3 and 6.
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Answer key · Set A
Comparing prices
1Lake Lake charges six coins, more than Corner (five) or Hill (three).
22 Five take away three leaves two, so Corner costs two coins more than Hill.
3False Lake charges six coins, and Sam has only four.
41 Four take away three leaves one coin, kept safe in the purse.
5All three Hill costs 3, Corner costs 5 and Lake costs 6. Six coins is enough for all three.
6True When the bags are the same size, fewer coins for the same bag is the better price.
71-C, 2-B, 3-A Looking compares prices, checking the size makes it fair, and counting shows what you can afford.
83, 1, 4, 2 Sam went to the market, looked at three stalls, picked Hill, then paid three coins and kept one.
9False A smaller bag can cost less and still be worse value. Check the size as well as the price.
101 Five take away four leaves one, so Sam is one coin short.
11Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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