How to Make Change And Count Back Money

No one seems to know how to properly count back change anymore. In my early years I worked as a clerk for over 10 years. With the changed tender function on cash registers, clerks type in the dollar amount you give them, and the register tells them the change to give back. This technique results in an announcement of the change amount, a pile of bills delivered to your palm, and the change dumped on top. This leaves you awkwardly trying to dump the change off the bills so you can quickly put your bills away before you are sort of, shoved out of the way for the next customer. Not to mention counting your own money. Counting change is a lost art that offers a safeguard for the customer, and the clerk.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. 
    
   You receive a $20 bill

   Basically you want to count back the change from the purchase price. Let's say your purchase totals $13.39. You receive a $20 bill from a customer.

2. 
    
   Change

   First you want to count the change part back. You want to make up the smaller change up to the quarter .25 pieces. So, .39 cents is due. One penny is "40", one dime is "50" two quarters is "14 ($14).

3. 
    
   Bills

   Next step is the bills. You want to make up the smaller bills to the $20. You left off at $14. One dollar bill is "15" one five dollar bill is "20." There you have it. You have counted back the change from a $20 bill.

4. 
    
   No Mistakes

   Happy customer! Happy business bottom line!

Resources

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[powerleg5]

on 10/8/2009 I certainly wish all clerks would read this. I bet you couldn't find more than one or two out of every twenty cashiers that count change back this way, which is the proper way. 5* and a rcmd.

[missjeneveeva]

on 10/6/2009 i think it was so cute how you did this!!

thankyou<3

[debinflorida]

on 7/23/2009 Someone seriously needs to be teaching this in school. I've cashiered for years, and the young girls cannot count change without the computer.