Rounding money amounts to estimate totals and check if answers are reasonable.
Where your child meets this in real life: Checking if you have enough money, budgeting, quick mental calculations
Each SEAG paper has 28 maths questions. Questions 29 to 50 are multiple choice with five possible answers, and questions 51 to 56 need a short written answer. With 56 questions in 60 minutes across English and maths, that is about a minute per question.
SEAGReady breaks estimate with money into 2 steps, taught in order so each skill builds on the last.
Round money amounts to the nearest pound and estimate the total cost of 2-3 items
Use estimation to check if an exact calculation is reasonable or if available money is sufficient
Try three free questions from our estimate with money course. They start easy and get harder, so you can see where your child's confidence runs out. If they manage the last one without a hint, this topic is probably secure. If not, the steps above show where to start.
Jamie is buying a magazine for £4.85 and a drink for £1.15 at the newsagent. Estimate the total cost by rounding to the nearest pound.
Jacob says that £3.89 + £4.15 = £10.04. Use estimation to check: is Jacob's answer reasonable?
Chloe's budget and the prices of the three clothes she wants are shown. Use estimation to decide if she has enough money.
This is the exact interactive worked example your child sees in SEAGReady. Step through it and watch the method build up.
Rebecca is buying a sandwich for £3.85 and a smoothie for £2.15 at the school canteen.
Estimate the total cost by rounding to the nearest pound.
£3.85 + £2.15 ≈ ?
Round £3.85 to the nearest pound
£3.85 → £4
Step 1 of 3
Rebecca is buying a sandwich for £3.85 and a smoothie for £2.15 at the school canteen.
Estimate the total cost by rounding to the nearest pound.
The total is approximately £6.
The key insight: Rounding to the nearest pound makes adding much easier in your head!
Common mix-up: £3.85 rounds to £3. Look at the pence: 85p is more than 50p, so round UP to £4, not down to £3.
These are the misconceptions we see most often in estimate with money, including the ones our practice questions are specifically designed to catch.
Struggling with estimate with money? The real gap is often in one of these earlier topics.
Sitting the SEAG test this November? Read our last-month revision plan, Paper 1 vs Paper 2 and test day guide.
SEAGReady finds the exact step where your child gets stuck, teaches it with worked examples like the one above, and brings it back for review so it sticks.
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