4th grade
Multiply and Divide Money
Twenty problems like 4 × $1.25 and $9.60 ÷ 3: the cost of several things, and sharing money equally.
Math worksheet · Money counting and making change
Round Money to the Nearest Dollar
Twenty prices to round to the nearest dollar, then four shopping lists to estimate with the rounded prices.
- Grade level
- Grades 3–4
- Time
- About 15 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
“Look at the cents. 50¢ or more? Round up to the next dollar. Less than 50¢? Round down.”
Teacher tip
Use the estimate shopping lists to talk about why shoppers round.
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
- How do you count up to find change?
- Which problem was the hardest? What made it hard?
Take it further
Run a classroom store for a week with play money.
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