我不明白'点‘ 用的？（can you please correct the question as well. thank you!)
我要换点零钱

I want to exchange this for some small change

Why does that sentence have '点'?

Thank you!

Question

我不明白'点‘ 用的？ （can you please correct the question as well. thank you!)
我要换点零钱

I want to exchange this for some small change

Why does that sentence have '点'?

Thank you!

Answer

here ,"点" is an indefinite quantifier ,means some 
我要换点零钱=我要换一点零钱  here, "一" is  omitted . 
in China we often use "numeral+ quantifier+noun "as quantitative phrase ,most of the time , when the numeral is"一" ,it can be omitted
for example "我想吃一个苹果"=我想吃个苹果 （I'd like to eat an apple）

Answer

“点”in this sentence means 一点儿 a little，leave out 一.

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