Teach Your Children How To Count Back Change

By alfred (Guest Post)

First of all, to the young folks, I feel for you. if you're working in a burger joint or something you're probably never going to need to know this because of computers, but if you're interested, my best advice is to go to a store with someone old working the register (hardware stores are a good bet). Buy something cheap and see if they count change back to you. It will sound something like (this is my own thing so the dollars stack by denomination):

43 cents makes three
ten is 13
18 (for the five)
19, and one is 20

Ask them to show you how to do it. We're a dying breed and we love to pass on this knowledge. There are a few little tricks to pick up for a lot of specific situations (which is why cashiers used to be trained), and a few quirks everyone has but someone who has made change thousands of times can show you this simple skill.

By (Guest Post)

If you can do BASIC MATH, you can make change. For instance, the total is $3.88 and they give you a five. Well, 3 away from five is 2, and another one (for the 88 cents) makes it one, but 100 - 88 still leaves 12, so the change would be $1.12. If it's a ten, well, ten is five more than five, so $6.12. A twenty is fifteen more than five, so $16.12, and so on.

By erin lininger (Guest Post)

Counting the right change from 100.00 dollars.

By Jim (Guest Post)

When the amount due is say 53.24
1)do you ask if they have 24cent or is it better to ask for 4 cents

and they give you a $100.00

By erin-lea forbes-dawson (Guest Post)

hi my name is erin and i am 16 yrs 5 mnths, i just got a job at foodtown in onehunga and at this shop you need to do alot of counting back change, the thing is i am lost when it comes to counting back change, but i am fine with counting change just not counting back change i live in new zealand and we use dollars and cents. pleaseeeeee help me

By MiMi (Guest Post)

hey, my name is MiMi i am about to be 16 yrs old in 4 months. I am a Sophmore in highschool. I kno how to count change i just dont kno how much change to count back!! and it is soooo embarrassing because i am much old enough to know and i really dont know how. I am afraid of asking someone because its really embarrassing please help me learn how to count change back.

By

ThriftyFun

Hi Marie and Ieshia,

There are so many jobs where the cash register figures the change for you, it is something a lot of people are not taught anymore.

For: "Total 72.14 Gave me:100.02"

The extra 2 cents doesn't help at all. Give it back to them. Then count the change back to $100.

Start with the change:
1 penny makes it 72.15
a dime makes it 72.25
3 quarters makes it 73.00.

Then the dollars:
2 dollars makes it 75.00
a five dollar bill makes it 80.00
a twenty dollar bill makes it 100.00.

So you give them 1 penny, 1 dime, 3 quarters, 2 dollar bills, a five dollar bill and a twenty dollar bill.

Always count up from the cash register total to the amount they gave you adding as you give them the change.

For the second case "Total: 63.44 Gave me: 100.50"

Give them the change from .44 to .50 so 1 penny and 1 nickel.

Then count back the change from 63.50 to 100.50. (The .50 at this point is taken care of and just tacked on the end.)

2 dollars , 65.50
5 dollar bill, 70.50
10 dollar bill, 80.50
20 dollar bill, 100.50

Hope this helps,
Susan from ThriftyFun

By Marie (Guest Post)

I know how to count back change to a certain extent, but what if it was like this:
total 72.14
Gave me:100.02
change: would be what?
I have problems w/ those ones. how would I figure that out?
or
Total: 63.44
Gave me:100.50
Change would be?
I have problems whith those ones too""""

By

SkydivingParrot

"I am 16 years old in the 9th grade and i do not no how to count money and i am getting ready to start a job that has to do with money. Help me please .What should I do. "

Do you know how to add and subtract from 100?

That's how my mother taught me when I was little. Since every Dollar is 100 pennies, it's much easier for me to think of in that respect. Any Change (coins) people would be recieving would be from 100.

example: Someone buys $3.54 worth of stuff. They pay with a $5 bill.

5.00
-3.54
-------
1.46 would be the change.

Ignore the decimal points until the end, and just drop them down evenly.

This may also help:

http://www.moneyinstructor.com/wsp/wsp0019.asp

You can print out worksheets to help you along the way.

By Ieshia Clark (Guest Post)

I am 16 years old in the 9th grade and i do not no how to count money and i am getting ready to start a job that has to do with money. Help me please .What should I do.