How do you count back change? Especially what to do with the cents.?

Question

I have a strong feeling I might have discalculia, or some other type of learning disability, or something.. t or that maybe I am just exaggerating and I just simply have a lot of anxiety and just need simple instructions, and lots of practice. Guys I really need help. Like badly.ASAP!

I would really appreciate it if someone could please explain it to me in a simple easy to follow manner how to count back change to a customer, and showing me a by step by step guide with some easy basic examples.

Think of explaining, like you how you would explain this to child in elemantry who has anxiety and strugles with math and numbers. I would really appreciate examples and compassion please.

You see, I want to get a job, that has to deal with the till( cash register), and I've had bad experiences in the past that has caused me to freeze and blank out on the spot( anxietyand panic attacks.) My elementry sucked and failed at teaching students a helpful method and nor to implent the teachings of how to handle with money.

Again, let me reiterate. If you can make this explination simple, basic and in a way that's easy to comprehend for even a child. if it could also be a good method for those who have trouble being put on the spot, counting fast change, and have deep math problems. Thanks.

Ps: If you can suggest and links to any sites, books, youtube videos, samsung apps, blogs, etc would be HIGHLY APPRECIATED! Thanks!

Answer 1

Start with the smallest denominations and work your way up to the nearest landmarks.



If something cost $0.58 and you were given a dollar, you'd start with pennies and work your way to the nearest 5 or 10, so 59, 60 (2 pennies). Now you want to get to 75, so you'd do a dime to get from 60 to 70 and then a nickel to get to 75. From 75, it's easy to get to a dollar. All you need is a quarter.

Answer 2

The best way to "count back" change is to start with the amount of money that was owed, then return change in increasing denominations until you reach the amount of money which was given to you. Suppose, for example, the customer owes six dollars and twenty-six cents. He gives you a twenty dollar bill. You set the twenty dollar bill aside, and begin counting back change by placing pennies, one at a time, into his hand, and saying, "twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty." Then you place two dimes, one at a time, into his hand, saying "forty, fifty." Then you place two quarters, one at a time, into his hand, saying "seventy-five, seven dollars." (The change you have given him at this point "fills in" the difference between twenty-six cents, and the next whole dollar.) Then you continue the process with paper money. You give him three "one dollar" bills, saying as you place each in his hand, "eight dollars, nine dollars, ten dollars." Then you give him a ten dollar bill and say, "and ten makes twenty." By starting at the amount he owed, and counting upwards until you reach the value of a twenty dollar bill, you don't have to bother doing subtraction in your head, and both you and the customer are clear on his having received the correct change. Young people today rely on the cash register to tell them the amount of change, and they grab a handful of coins and bills out of the cash drawer and shove them into the customer's hand in a lump. They often make mistakes, and even when the amount is correct, it appears rushed and rude. Learn the "count back" method, and you will be much appreciated as a clerk.

Answer 3

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