My Daddy did this with me when I was a little girl. He told me "If you don't know how to count back change, then you won't know if you are being cheated". My dear, dear Daddy only had a fourth grade education, but he was a wise man in many ways.
Originally Posted by
BellaBoo
I remember in 6th grade our math teacher had all of her class learn to make c
hange. We divided up, one the shopper one the clerk. The shopper had a ticket to give the clerk. Hard ones for us! Bill was 8.73 and the clerk was handed either $10, $9, or other amounts. It was fun but we had to think. Not one class member could fail, we all had to pass counting change. I remember the last one to 'get it' was a boy who kept joking around. He had to make change until he got it right. LOL I thought my kids how to make change by playing store with them. The school didn't teach that and didn't teach how to tell time! My DD said her teacher said it wasn't on the Benchmark test so no need to learn it.
