--- title: Prices and change at the till — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Prices and change at the till», a lesson of the money course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: At the till you pay, and if you gave more than the price, you get change back; doing the sum yourself means you always pay the right amount. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/) / Prices and change at the till # Prices and change at the till Lesson 11 of the money course of Mova's primary school: 16 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/0/) — At the till you pay, and if you gave more than the price, you get change back; doing the sum yourself means you always pay the right amount. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/1/) — The fastest way to check change is to count up from the price: Jake pays £10 for a £3.50 toy, so £3.50 + 50p = £4, + £1 = £5, + £5 = £10, and his change is 50p + £1 + £5 = £6.50. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/2/) — Add your prices before you get to the till: a £1.20 drink and 85p crisps make £2.05, which is 5p more than £2, so rounding to "about £1.20 + about 90p" warns you early. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/3/) — People make mistakes, so be honest both ways: if the new lad gives you £1 too much change, say so, and if the till charges more than the shelf says, point it out politely. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/4/) — Change is the money you get back when you pay more than the price. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/5/) — Counting up from the price to the money you gave is a quick way to check change. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/6/) — To estimate is to make a quick rough guess, for example by rounding prices before adding them. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/7/) — If you get too much change, the honest thing is to say so; the worker may have to make up the missing money. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/8/) — Sometimes the shelf price and the till price do not match; you can politely point it out and shops usually fix it. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/9/) — Being charged too much is called being overcharged. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/10/) — To find how many things you can afford, see how many times the price fits into your money; what is left is your change. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/11/) — Different shops charge different prices for the same thing; checking a few shops is called shopping around. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/12/) — Giving a few extra coins so the change comes out round, like £1.10 for a 60p lolly, means fewer coins for everyone. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/13/) — Prices go up slowly over the years; this is called inflation, which is why grown-ups remember cheaper prices. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/14/) — Market sellers often say a rounded price out loud, so it is worth doing the sum yourself. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/15/) — "Fair cop" is British slang for admitting you were caught out fairly. - ← previous: [Regret, silly buys and peer pressure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/) - next →: [Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free, bundles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles/) - ↑ back to [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/)