Originally Posted by madeinuk
Originally Posted by MumOfThree
Do you have 5s? We do. I have to say I never think to work with money with my kids because we use cash so rarely. Even if I send them into a shop alone, I will sometimes give them cash but often they'll take a credit card now that you can just wave the card at the machine for small purchases. Talk about lost skills!

You've got that right!

Ah, the education value of going to the sweet shop to buy candy on the walk to school at so many a penny etc.

No wonder we never had trouble with simple arithmetic and even fractions were easy in those days LOL

Especially with the half p coin.