Part of Application of number (Levels 1 and 2)Catering
Save to My Bitesize
Watch the video to find out more.
This video can not be played
Speaker: So at the end of every day my manager will ask me to cash up the tills and print off a Z report.
This shows me that so far today we've taken 拢633.50.
拢423.85 was taken via card. 拢209.65 was in cash.
I will leave 拢150 float in the till, which is what we start every day with.
拢209.65 is what we should have in cash leftover when we take out the 拢150 float.
Test your knowledge with this activity.
Speaker: What I'm going to do now is count and cash up the till.
拢209.65 is what we should have in cash left over when we take out the 拢150 float.
So what I will do is start off by counting the coins.
So I'll use the pennies. I'll cash up all the pennies.
So I have 53p of 1ps. Then I'll move on to the 2ps, 51 2ps is 拢1.02.
54 5ps is 拢2.70. 21 10ps is 拢2.10 and 14 20ps means I have 拢2.80.
50p, 拢1, 拢1.50. And finally one pounds. 拢1, 拢2, 拢3, 拢4.
OK, now what I'll do is I'll count all of them up to give me how much I have in the change.
Which is 拢14.65.
Speaker: So I have a total of 拢14.65 but I'll round that down to the nearest 拢5, which means I'll subtract 拢4.65. 拢4.60鈥 拢4.65, there.
So the reason why I round down to the nearest 拢5 is to keep as much change in the float for tomorrow and it makes it easier to count to 拢150 with the notes.
So that means I have 拢10 left in change. So when I need 拢150 float I'll minus the 拢10 from the 拢150 to leave me 拢140.
So I should have 拢140, in cash, in the till.
So I'll make sure I have an even spread and as I have one 拢5, I'll exclude that from my takings.
So I will have 拢10, 拢20, 拢30.
拢50, 拢70, 拢90, 拢110, 拢130, 拢150.
I'll put that back in. So now once I have the 拢150 in notes and change what I should have here in cash should be the total of 拢209.65 and I'll quickly count that now.
拢20, 拢40, 拢60, 拢80, 拢100, 拢20, 拢40, 拢60, 拢80, 拢200.
拢205鈥 拢206鈥 拢207鈥 拢208鈥 拢209鈥 拢209.65. So I have 拢209.65, which is exactly what we've taken for today so it's spot on.
Find out more by working through a topic
Calculating the cooking time for a piece of beef
Scaling the ingredients in a recipe
Making profit from a tray of chocolate brownies
Calculating how many tins of tomatoes are needed for a sauce