1st grade
Count Pennies, Nickels and Dimes
Eight rows of the same kind of coin. Kids count by ones for pennies, fives for nickels and tens for dimes.
Math worksheet · Money counting and making change
Saving Up
Six things to save for. Kids work out how many weeks of allowance each one takes, and what is left over.
- Grade level
- Grades 3–4
- Time
- About 25 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
“Divide the price by the weekly allowance. How many weeks until you can buy it? What is left over?”
Printed on the sheet:
- Example: a $14 game at $4 a week takes 4 weeks (3 weeks is only $12). You will have $16, so $2 is left over.
Words on this sheet
Saving forPricea comic booka board gamea kiteLeft over
Teacher tip
Ask kids what they would save up for, and add one real item and price to the bottom of the sheet.
How to use it
- Set up a pretend store with the prices from the sheet.
- Write cents and dollars side by side on the board: 75¢ and $0.75.
- Do the first problem together under a document camera, then let kids finish on their own.
Watch for
Writing $5.7 for $5.07. The cents always take two digits.
Talk about it
- Where do people still use coins?
- 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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