Change from $5: The Lunchtime Line

It’s lunchtime, and a line of hungry customers is waiting at the Lemonade Stand! When a customer pays with a $5 bill and the price is less, the girls give back the extra money. That money is called the change.

Remember: Change = the money paid − the price. A lemon bar costs $3.50 and Coach Nora pays $5.00, so her change is $5.00 − $3.50 = $1.50.

Magic trick: Count up like a shopkeeper: start at the price and count up to $5.00. From $3.50, $0.50 makes $4.00 and $1.00 more makes $5.00, so the change is $1.50.