Grades 3–4
Classroom Store
A price list and six shopping orders. Kids add up each order and work out the change.
Math worksheet · Money counting and making change
Making Change from $1
Ten things to buy with a dollar. Kids count up from the price to find the change.
- Grade level
- Grades 3–4
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Coin and bill values, Counting money, Making change, Decimals with money
What kids do
“You pay with $1.00. How much change do you get back? Count up from the price!”
Printed on the sheet:
- Count up: from 65¢, 5¢ more makes 70¢, then 30¢ more makes $1.00. Your change is 35¢.
Words on this sheet
You buyPriceYou paya toy cara pencila cookiea juice boxa appleYour change
Teacher tip
Model counting up with real coins: from 65¢, a nickel makes 70¢, three dimes make $1.00.
How to use it
- Hand out real or play coins so kids can sort and count them first.
- Teach kids to count the biggest coins first, then count on.
- Do the first problem together under a document camera, then let kids finish on their own.
Watch for
Counting every coin as one cent or as the same value. Sort by coin first.
Talk about it
- Why is a dime worth more than a nickel when it is smaller?
- Which problem was the hardest? What made it hard?
Take it further
Run a classroom store for a week with play money.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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