Counting change isn’t something that a lot of people know how to do quickly, especially in an age where we’re spending more of our money digitally. However, it is an everyday life skill that people should know how to do.
Unless you work in a career where you’re making calculations, math is not something you do on a regular basis. For starters, it helps to familiarize yourself with the basics of addition and subtraction.
If you want to get better at math, you need to make sure that you’re actively trying to sharpen these skills over time. Making it a point to work with numbers on a regular basis helps.
Math is one of those subjects where people can use multiple paths to get to the correct answer. When it comes to counting change, this is no different. Over time, you’ll likely encounter the same numbers over and over again.
Another easy trick is to simply count up to find the change instead of doing subtraction. Using the same example again, take $5.22 and count up to $6. Go up 3 cents to get to 25 cents, then add 75 cents to this to get a total of 78 cents.
Here you are going to look at the total not at $5.22 but as a set of numbers like 5 dollars, 20 cents, and 2 cents. Now, take the first number $20 minus $5 to get $15. Subtract 20 cents from $15 to get $14.80.