Money Word Problems

Grade level

Grades 2–4

Time

About 25 minutes

Topic

Math word problems

Answer key

Yes, page 2 of the PDF

Kids practice

Reading word problems, Choosing the operation, Showing work, Multi-step reasoning

What kids do

“Read each problem. Show your work. Write the answer with ¢ or $.”

Printed on the sheet:

1. 1 Nina has 3 dimes and 4 pennies. How much money does she have?
2. 2 A pencil costs 45¢. Leo pays with 2 quarters. How much change does he get?
3. 3 Sam has $2.50. A sticker sheet costs $1.75. How much money will Sam have left?
4. 4 Mia saves 25¢ every day for 6 days. How much has she saved?
5. 5 A juice box costs 80¢. Ben buys 3 juice boxes. How much does he pay?
6. 6 Kim has $5.00. She buys a book for $3.60 and a bookmark for $0.95. How much does she have left?

Teacher tip

Keep play coins on the table so kids can act out each story.

How to use it

• Let kids act out a problem or draw it before they write a number sentence.
• Have partners solve the same problem two ways and compare.
• Do the first problem together under a document camera, then let kids finish on their own.

Watch for

Answers with no unit. Ask “Twelve what?”

Talk about it

• What label goes with your answer?
• Which problem was the hardest? What made it hard?

Take it further

Have kids write their own word problem about something from their day and trade with a partner.

US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.