Calculator AUD vs Making Cents

Using a Calculator to Add Up the Values of Coins and Notes (Australian Currency) In this program, students will work with coins or notes shown in boxes. The total value of the coins or notes in the boxes will always add up to a value . Students will learn to: 1. Identify the value of each coin or note in the boxes. 2. Convert the value into a number. 3. Enter the values into a calculator step by step. 4. Add them together to find the total value, which matches or adds up to the target value. This activity helps students practice calculating and understanding the total value of coins and notes up to a specific amount.

Making Cents is a simplified money/purchase calculator with life skills applications. It was designed for students with special needs in mind, but it is also good for kids learning about money and sales tax. Input how much money you have, add together the prices of what you're purchasing, apply tax, and view the result! Lets you see if you have enough money for a purchase when tax is added to what you want to buy. It has large visual buttons: Start Over, Erase (separately erases the Have or Buy), Have, Buy, Tax, +, -, and =. Simply Enter * How much money you have * Cost of what you want to buy * Press Tax * Get your results — Can you afford the purchase or not? Visual, audio, kinesthetic, and tactile features * Visual — Vibrant colors, green thumbs-up & red thumbs-down * Audio — When tapped, talking buttons tells you how much money you have, how much you want to buy, green thumbs-up says “you have enough money” and red thumbs-down says “you don’t have enough money.” * Kinesthetic & Tactile — Touch screen activated, touch buttons or words. Settings * Easily set or change the tax rate for your city or county * Turn on/off voice (defaults to on) * Remembers last settings * Can reset tax to default 8%