The Mathscots: Buying Pet Toys
TLF ID A004831
In this animated video, Abacus the cat and Prime the puppy count their collections of $1 coins and work out if they have enough to buy some new toys. The mathematical focus is on counting a collection of $1 coins using early place value concepts by stacking them into piles of 10, skip counting in tens and twos and including any leftover coins to determine total value; and modelling money problems involving equal sharing; sharing coins and making decisions related to the value of money. The video includes a full transcript and is supported by a Teaching Guide that provides a range of associated activities for school and at home.