Money worksheets
Counting mixed coins, then working out change. Every total works out exactly.
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About money
Money is the most useful arithmetic a child does, because it is the only kind they will definitely still be doing at forty. It is also unusually good practice: counting mixed coins is addition with unequal units, and working out change is subtraction with a real reason attached.
Early sheets combine two different coins, which is the point of the exercise — adding three quarters to four more quarters teaches nothing that multiplication does not. Later sheets move to change from a note, which is where the subtraction actually bites.
What actually helps
- Use real coins alongside the sheet for the first few goes.
- Count on to find change rather than subtracting. It is how shopkeepers do it and it is easier.
- Say the total aloud in two ways: '95 cents' and 'five cents less than a dollar'.
Common questions
Do children still need this if everything is contactless?
Arguably more. A child who never sees cash has no physical model of what a number of dollars means, and money problems are one of the few places arithmetic comes with an obvious purpose attached.
Should I use my own country's coins?
These sheets use cents, nickels, dimes and quarters. The skill transfers directly — if your coins differ, work through the first sheet swapping the names aloud.
Thank you — that genuinely helps.
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