Money
Today we are going to learn about money.
We use money to:
👉 buy things
👉 pay for items
Let us learn about Botswana money.
What is Money?
Money is what we use to:
✔ buy food
✔ buy toys
✔ pay for things
In Botswana, we use:
👉 Thebe and Pula
Today we will learn about thebe coins.
Botswana Coins
These are some Botswana coins:
5 thebe
10 thebe
25 thebe
👉 Each coin has a value
Name the Coins
Look at the coin:
5 thebe → “five thebe”
10 thebe → “ten thebe”
25 thebe → “twenty-five thebe”
We must learn their names
Adding Money
Adding money means:
👉 putting coins together
Example:
5 thebe + 5 thebe = 10 thebe
Counting in 5s
Let’s count in 5s:
5, 10, 15, 20
👉 This helps us add money
Add the Coins
🪙 5 + 5 = 10 thebe
🪙 5 + 10 = 15 thebe
🪙 10 + 10 = 20 thebe
👉 Count in 5s to help
Taking Away Money
Subtraction means:
👉 taking away
Example:
10 thebe − 5 thebe = 5 thebe
Subtracting in 5s
Let’s subtract:
20 → 15 → 10 → 5
Example:
20 − 5 = 15
15 − 5 = 10
Take Away Coins
🪙 15 − 5 = 10 thebe
🪙 20 − 10 = 10 thebe
🪙 20 − 5 = 15 thebe
What We Learned
Today we learned:
✔ Botswana coins
✔ how to name coins
✔ how to add money
✔ how to subtract money
