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💷 Writing Pounds and Pence

Learn to write money the proper way — using the £ and p signs and the decimal point to show pounds and pence.

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~15 min

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🔢 Math

subject

Ages 6–12

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What you’ll learn

Pounds and PenceKnow the £ and p signs and that £1 equals 100p.Money is written in pounds (£) and pence (p). The key fact is that £1 is exactly 100p, so the same amount can be shown as pounds or as pence.
Writing with £ and pWrite amounts under a pound with p and amounts of a pound or more with £.Small amounts under a pound are written with the p sign, like 30p. Amounts of a pound or more use the £ sign with a decimal point, like £1.25.
The Decimal PointRead the decimal point as the split between pounds and pence.In a written amount, the decimal point separates pounds from pence: everything before it is pounds, and the two digits after it are pence. So £3.40 is 3 pounds and 40 pence.
Money Writing PracticeWrite everyday money amounts correctly using £, p, and the decimal point.Putting it together, you choose the p or £ sign and use the decimal point to place pounds and pence. This lets you read and write real prices the proper way.

Questions this course answers

£1.25 means one pound and how many pence?

The 25 after the decimal point is the pence.

How do we write fifty pence using the p sign?

Amounts under a pound use the p sign, so fifty pence is 50p.

In £3.40, what do the two digits after the point (40) stand for?

The digits after the decimal point are always the pence.

Which is the correct way to write two pounds and no pence?

Two whole pounds is £2.00, with zeros for the pence.

Grounded in trusted sources

Khan Academy Kids
BBC Bitesize — KS1 Maths
Britannica Kids
PBS Kids — early math

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