Making Change Worksheets

Making change is a practical skill for your students in money education. When they go shopping, they want to make sure they receive the correct change in a purchase and also build arithmetic abilities through making change. These worksheets are excellent for younger students to develop their change-making proficiency.

Making Change Worksheets for Early Elementary

Your youngest students will benefit from these worksheets that have them make change. They use addition and subtraction to find the correct answers.

• Buy, Sell, & Make Change: This worksheet requires students to determine how much change they would get from buying specific products. They must draw the amount in bills and coins and then write the total amounts. (2^nd-3^rd grade)
• Counting Money and Making Change: This worksheet set involves multiple levels of cash practice. Little learners count money on one sheet and then use that knowledge to make change from various coins. (2^nd-3^rd grade)
• Disney Ears Math – Making Change: This worksheet has students practice real-world applications – in this case, purchasing Disney ears – to see how much change they would receive. They need to work with different numbers and money, showing them practical ways to make change. (1^st-4^th grade)
• Making Change from $1.00: If you want to challenge your students a bit, this worksheet requires some extra effort. They have to come up with two different ways to make change for each scenario, showing them how various coins can total the same amounts. (2^nd grade)
• Making Change: This worksheet provides a space to work on several change-making problems. Kids need to calculate change when given the cost of an item and how much someone paid for it. (1^st-2^ndgrade)
• Making Change With Cents: This worksheet offers students six problems to calculate and determine how to make change. Each problem is unique and asks for various math skills. (2^nd-3^rd grade)
• Making Change With $5: This worksheet focuses on a specific, consistent dollar amount – five dollars – to give students practice making change. They need to show their work in a designated space and write their final answers. (2^nd-4^th grade)
• Making Change: This worksheet presents kids with several word problems. It combines reading comprehension skills with arithmetic and deciding which operations to use. (2^nd-4^th grade)

Making Change Worksheets for Upper Elementary

Your upper elementary students are well into decimals and subtraction, and these worksheets give them a practical way to use these abilities. They continue working on making change while strengthening their skills.

• Can You Make Change? In this worksheet, kids calculate various change-making problems. You can use this as an exit ticket, in centers, or as a standalone, independent activity. (3^rd-5^th grade)
• Making and Counting Change Activity: This worksheet comes with multiple problems for your students to solve. They see pictures of money, need to add it up, and then calculate change given. (3^rd-6^th grade)
• Making Change Worksheet: In this worksheet, kids need to calculate the appropriate change based on given prices. They add up the money first and subtract the cost of the item to find the proper change amount. (3^rd-4^th grade)
• Making Change Problems: Students use this worksheet to practice using pennies, nickels, and dimes to make the proper change. They can draw amounts, write in numbers, or describe totals in words. (2^nd-4^th grade)
• Making Change With Different Coin Combinations: This worksheet has multiple problems asking students to make change. They need to perform specific tasks using coins like quarters and dimes to make the right change. (2^nd-5^th grade)
• Making Change: This worksheet bundle shows students vivid images of items they may see on a menu and their prices. They make change based on which items people order on the sheet and how much they paid. (2^nd-5^th grade)
• Making Change Practice: This worksheet reinforces subtracting decimals, using realistic prices and items on sale. They need to calculate correctly to find how much money they’re owed. (4^th-5^th grade)

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