Mathematics
CURRENCY
CURRENCY
In this topic, students will learn how to perform basic money operations and understand the concept of bills. Money is part of our daily life, and knowing how to add, subtract, and multiply amounts helps us shop, budget, and solve real-life problems. Students will also explore how bills are written and used to record transactions.
Some of Tanzania currencies
Operations on money (+, - and ×)
Money operations follow the same rules as numbers. Always align place values correctly and include the currency unit.
Perform addition on money
Perform addition on money
Activity 62
Observe the following examples
Example 16
Study the following examples
Exercise 59
Do the following exercise
Exercise 60
Solve the following problems
Perform subtraction on money
Perform subtraction on money
Activity 63
Observe the following examples
Example 17
Exercise 61
Do the following exercise
- Tsh 7,000 \u2013 Tsh 2,500
- Tsh 9,500 \u2013 Tsh 4,500
- Tsh 10,000 \u2013 Tsh 6,250
- Tsh 8,400 \u2013 Tsh 3,150
- Tsh 12,000 \u2013 Tsh 7,800
- Tsh 6,750 \u2013 Tsh 2,650
- Tsh 15,000 \u2013 Tsh 9,500
- Tsh 5,000 \u2013 Tsh 3,875
- Tsh 7,000 – Tsh 2,500
- Tsh 9,500 – Tsh 4,500
- Tsh 10,000 – Tsh 6,250
- Tsh 8,400 – Tsh 3,150
- Tsh 12,000 – Tsh 7,800
- Tsh 6,750 – Tsh 2,650
- Tsh 15,000 – Tsh 9,500
- Tsh 5,000 – Tsh 3,875
Example 18
Study the following examples
Exercise 62
Solve the following problems
- Amina had Tsh 9,500. She spent Tsh 4,300. How much money remains?
- Juma had Tsh 12,000. He spent Tsh 7,450. How much money remains?
- Rehema had Tsh 8,200. She spent Tsh 3,675. How much money remains?
- Ali had Tsh 15,000. He spent Tsh 6,850. How much money remains?
- Neema had Tsh 20,000. She spent Tsh 13,500. How much money remains?
- Hassan had Tsh 7,800. He spent Tsh 2,950. How much money remains?
- Asha had Tsh 18,500. She spent Tsh 9,775. How much money remains?
- Musa had Tsh 10,000. He spent Tsh 5,480. How much money remains?
- Fatuma had Tsh 6,700. She spent Tsh 3,250. How much money remains?
- Omari had Tsh 25,000. He spent Tsh 14,650. How much money remains?
Perform multiplication on money
Perform multiplication on money
Activity 64
Study the following examples
Exercise 63
Do the following exercise
Exercise 64
Find the solution of the following problems
- One pencil costs Tsh 400. What is the cost of 9 pencils?
- One exercise book costs Tsh 1,500. What is the cost of 6 books?
- One mango costs Tsh 350. What is the cost of 8 mangoes?
- One soda costs Tsh 1,200. What is the cost of 7 sodas?
- One pen costs Tsh 800. What is the cost of 5 pens?
- One banana costs Tsh 200. What is the cost of 11 bananas?
- One ruler costs Tsh 600. What is the cost of 12 rulers?
- One biscuit packet costs Tsh 900. What is the cost of 4 packets?
- One notebook costs Tsh 2,000. What is the cost of 3 notebooks?
- One orange costs Tsh 250. What is the cost of 10 oranges?
Bills
Identify concept of bills
Identify concept of bills
Activity 65
A bill is a document showing details of a purchase.
Activity 66
Study from the sample of bill below
Write bills
Write bills
Main components of bill
Activity 67
Study from the following samples of bill
Exercise 65
Solve the following exercise
Solve problems of bills
Solve problems of bills
Exercise 66
Solve the following problems
- Amina bought 3 exercise books at Tsh 1,200 each and 2 pens at Tsh 500 each. Find the total bill.
- Baraka purchased 4 kg of rice at Tsh 2,500 per kg and 2 kg of sugar at Tsh 3,000 per kg. Calculate the total cost.
- Neema bought 5 pencils at Tsh 300 each and 1 ruler at Tsh 1,200. Find the total amount she paid.
- Juma bought 2 shirts at Tsh 8,000 each and 1 pair of shoes at Tsh 15,000. What is the total bill?
- A shopkeeper sold 6 bars of soap at Tsh 800 each and 3 bottles of oil at Tsh 5,000 each. Find the total amount.
- Musa bought 8 oranges at Tsh 200 each and 5 apples at Tsh 300 each. Find the total cost.
- Fatma bought 3 kg of flour at Tsh 2,000 per kg and 2 kg of rice at Tsh 2,500 per kg. How much did she pay altogether?
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