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Money · Ages 7+ · Set A
Saving with a friend
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Remember: Friends can save together for something shared. Agree on a fair plan first, and write down who puts in what.

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Ria and Jo save for a tentRia and Jo were best friends who lived next door. They both wanted a striped tent for the garden. The tent cost twenty pretend coins, which is a lot for one child. Ria could save three coins a week, and Jo could save two. "Alone, I would need seven weeks," said Ria. "Alone, I would need ten weeks," said Jo. Then came an idea: "What if we save together?" They found one big jar and a notebook and agreed on a plan first. The tent would be for both of them. Every Saturday they put their coins in the jar. After four Saturdays the jar held twenty coins, and the tent was theirs.
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Ria puts in 3 coins and Jo puts in 2. Together they save coins a week.
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How many weeks would Jo need to save 20 coins alone?
4 weeks7 weeks10 weeks
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Use the table. After Saturday three, the jar holds coins.
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Jo nearly spent some coins on a comic. Who said, Remember the tent?
JoThe shopkeeperRia
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Together Ria and Jo saved for 4 weeks. Ria alone would have needed 7.
TrueFalse
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Join each pair of friends to the coins they save together in a week.
  1. 1Ria 3 and Jo 2
  2. 2Mina 4 and Lee 3
  3. 3Ana 2 and Ben 2
  4. 4Cy 5 and Dan 3
  • A8 coins
  • B4 coins
  • C7 coins
  • D5 coins

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Number what happened.
  • The jar holds twenty coins
  • Jo nearly buys a comic, but puts it back
  • They agree on a fair plan first
  • They buy the tent together
  • Jo says: What if we save together?
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Cy saves 5 coins and Dan saves 3. In 2 weeks together they save coins.
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Circle every thing that helps friends save together fairly.
Hiding the jar from a friendAgreeing on a plan firstWriting down who puts in whatForgetting who put in whatBoth friends putting coins in
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Fix the mistake. Ria says: Jo saves 2 and I save 3, so together we save 6 a week. What is wrong?
Jo saves 3 coins3 and 2 make 5, not 6Nothing is wrong
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Stretch. Together took 4 weeks. Ria alone needs 7. Saving together is weeks sooner than Ria alone.
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Write one thing your family could save for together, and how each person could help.
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Draw the jar with 15 coins in it after Saturday three.
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Answer key · Set A
Saving with a friend
15 3 + 2 = 5. Two jars filling at once go faster.
210 weeks Jo saves 2 coins a week, so alone Jo needs 10 weeks. 7 weeks is Ria alone, and 4 weeks is both together.
315 5 + 5 + 5 = 15. Each Saturday adds 3 + 2 = 5 coins.
4Ria Ria reminded Jo of the tent, and Jo put the comic back, because a friend helps you keep going.
5True Together they save 5 coins a week, and 5 × 4 = 20. Ria saves 3 a week, so alone she needs 7 weeks.
61-D, 2-C, 3-B, 4-A Add the two amounts: 3 + 2 = 5, 4 + 3 = 7, 2 + 2 = 4 and 5 + 3 = 8.
74, 3, 2, 5, 1 The idea came first, then the plan, then the comic, then the full jar, and last the tent.
816 5 + 3 = 8 coins a week, and 8 + 8 = 16.
9Agreeing on a plan first, Writing down who puts in what, Both friends putting coins in A plan, a notebook and both friends putting coins in keep it fair. Hiding the jar or forgetting who put in what does not.
103 and 2 make 5, not 6 3 + 2 = 5 coins a week, and 5 × 4 = 20 is the price of the tent.
113 7 − 4 = 3. Together is 3 weeks sooner than Ria alone, and 6 weeks sooner than Jo alone.
12Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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