Money, At the Theatre

Plays were popular in Roman Times and people liked going to the theatre to see comedies and tragedies.

 

At the ticket office of the theatre in The Roman Adventure, children need to work out the total price of a number of tickets, programs and cushions and place the right amount of money onto a counter. The purpose of this activity is to give children practice in addition, using money, and at senator level, reading data from a table.

Demo

Click to start the demo (in a new window)

Differences between the demo and full version

When this demo version is used, the activity is always played at 'Slave/Citizen' level, where only one of each item is required, and they are always priced at 10p, 20p and 30p. Money for only one set of items (and three) need to be calculated before the reward is given.

User Guide (full version)

Slave and Citizen level

 

 

A ticket, ice-cream and cushion are shown, together with the price of each item. You will be shown a prompt such as:

“Place the money for three tickets, two ice-creams and two cushions onto the counter.”

You need to calculate the value of these items and drag coins to this value onto the (right hand side of the) counter. If you have placed too much money on the counter, you can click on the pile to remove coins from it. When you think the correct amount have been placed onto the counter, click on the ‘done’ icon. You have three attempts at each question, and there are three questions to answer.

 

Senator level

Behind the attendant, a table shows the prices of adult and child seats in three parts of the theatre: in the stalls, on the balcony, or in the upper circle; and the price of ice-creams, programs and cushions.

 

 

 

You will be shown a prompt such as:

“Place the money for three adult and two
child seats in the upper circle, one program
and one cushion onto the counter.”

You need to calculate the value of these items and drag coins to this value onto the (right hand side of the) counter. If you have placed too much money on the counter, you can click on the pile to remove coins from it. When you think the correct amount have been placed onto the counter, click on the ‘done’ icon.

 

You have three attempts at each question, and there are three questions to answer.