Making change worksheet
A free making change worksheet: count up from the price, change from bills and receipts, 37 questions with answers.
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Making change worksheet
What’s on the worksheet
37 questions: count up to $1 on 6 number lines, find change from $1 for 12 prices and from $5, $10 and $20 for 10 more, read 2 receipts and solve 5 word problems.
- 37 questions on making change, sized for US Letter paper
- 2 pages of questions plus an answer key on the last page
- Written for grades 2–4, matching Common Core 2.MD.C.8, 4.MD.A.2
- Name and date lines at the top, and room to show the work
Sample questions from this worksheet
- Price 65¢, you pay $1.00: count up on the number line.
- You pay $1.00 for 47¢. How much change?
- Pay $5 for $3.45
- Pay $20 for $12.75
- Read the receipt: find the total and the change.
- Count up from $6.70 to $10. Write the jumps.
Practice making change online
Between worksheets, a few minutes on screen keeps the skill fresh:
- making change practice: count up from the price, typed in dollars.
- making change lesson: counting up, fewest coins and change from $20.
- Measurement Bingo: count the coins called out.
Play shop after the sheet. Your child is the cashier, you buy something for 65¢ with a dollar, and the change is counted up out loud, coin by coin.
Preview the worksheet and answer key
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Making change: a worked example (Change from $1.00 for 65¢)
- Count up from 65¢ to the next 5: a nickel makes 70¢.
- Count up by dimes to $1.00: 80¢, 90¢, $1.00.
- Add the jumps: 5¢ + 30¢ = 35¢ change.
How to use it at home and in class
At home
Play shop with real coins: your child is the cashier and counts up the change out loud. Ten problems a day works better than a whole sheet at once. Mark them together with the answer key, then ask your child to explain one they got wrong: finding the mistake themselves is where the learning happens.
In class
Use the first row as a warm-up, a full page for independent practice, or five questions as an exit ticket. For a retake or a second group, make a new version with the test maker so every child gets different numbers.
Mistakes to watch for
- Subtracting with a borrowing slip, like $1.00 − 65¢ = 45¢.
- Forgetting the dollars when the change is more than $1.
What to practice before and after making change
- Before: counting coins. If this sheet is a struggle, go back a step.
- After: measuring length, once this one is mostly right.
- Learn it first: the making change lesson and the money chart.
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Questions parents ask
How do you teach making change?
Count up from the price to the money paid, first to the next 5 or 10, then to the dollar. It is how cashiers do it and avoids subtraction mistakes.
What grade is this making change worksheet for?
It is written for grades 2–4 and matches Common Core standards 2.MD.C.8, 4.MD.A.2.
Can I get a different version of this making change worksheet?
Yes. Use the free Mathify Kids test maker to make a new making change worksheet with different numbers every time. You choose how many questions, and every version comes with its own answer key.