MoneyBy Hannah Young

What is Money?

You may have heard someone say “money doesn’t grow on trees!” You know what, they are right! So where does money come from? It is made in factories!

Well, money is the product that makes the world go round. People can save money and spend money to buy necessities for life and indulge in new things.

Money comes in notes and coins in Australia. Australian notes are the long colourful pieces of paper and the coins come in the colours of silver and gold. Australian money is called dollars. Money inother countries is called different names such asin Japan money is called Yen. Money is earned through working in a job likeYour parents may do.

Coins

Notes

$5.00

$10.00 $20.00

$50.00

$100.00

What is that sign? This is called a dollar sign. It Is used to represent money

such as: $4.00

-four dollars and zero cents- $23.90

-twenty three dollars and Ninety cents-

Places you might see money

A Bank Card / pin machine A cash machine (EFPOS)

(ATM)

wallet / purse

Credit card piggy bank

Places you might spend money

bakery Supermarket / shop school canteen

restaurant toy shop

on holiday

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