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# How Much Can We Spend?

## Overview

In this chapter, students learn to recognize Indian currency denominations (coins and notes), practice making given amounts using different combinations, and engage in simple shopping‐game activities to reinforce addition and subtraction with money. The chapter also introduces the concept of saving through play projects.

## Key Topics Covered

### 1. Currency Denominations

- **Coins**: ₹ 1, ₹ 2, ₹ 5, ₹ 10
- **Notes**: ₹ 10, ₹ 20, ₹ 50, ₹ 100
- Students write down the value of each coin and note.

### 2. Making Amounts with Coins and Notes

- **Buying a Ball (₹ 20)**
- Use four ₹ 5 coins.
- Use two ₹ 10 notes.
- **Buying Toys**
- Toys available for ₹ 10 and ₹ 20; students list items they can buy for each amount.
- **Shortfall Calculation**
- If an item costs ₹ 14 and a student has ₹ 10, calculate how much more is needed.
- **Combined Amounts**
- Riya and Sahil together have ₹ 30; identify toys they can jointly purchase.

### 3. Addition and Comparison Practice

- **Find the Total**
- Add various coins/notes and choose the correct total.
- **Different Combinations**
- Draw or fill in amounts like ₹ 13 and ₹ 8 using given denominations (₹ 20 and ₹ 10).

### 4. Play Money Shopping Game

- **Classroom Activity**
- Children make paper coins and notes, take turns as shopkeepers and customers, and practice paying with different combinations.
- **Combination Building**
- Form multiple ways to make the same amount.

### 5. Project Work and Saving Habits

- **Make Your Own Gullak (Piggy Bank)**
- Use a spare box to create a simple money box at home.
- **Discussion**
- Talk about why saving money is a good habit.

## Activities and Examples

- **Let Us Do**
- Practical exercises A–E involving purchasing items, shortfall calculations, and combined spending.
- **Let Us Play**
- Hands-on drawing of currency combinations and matching equal amounts.
- **Project Work**
- Crafting play money, running a classroom shop, and making a gullak.

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## New Word Definitions

- **Denomination**
The face value of a coin or note (e.g., ₹ 1, ₹ 5, ₹ 10).
- **Combination**
Different ways of using coins and notes together to make a specific amount.
- **Gullak**
A simple piggy bank or money box used for saving coins at home.