MoneyCoins & bills
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Find the change, then circle money that makes that amount. You do not need to use the fewest pieces.
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Making change worksheets
Making change is subtraction with a reason a child recognizes: you paid more than it cost, so how much comes back? These free printable sheets give a price and the money handed over, and ask for the change.
If they get stuck
Making change
The answer key prints on a separate page.
What's on this sheet
The arithmetic is subtraction across a dollar — $5.00 minus $3.65 — and the useful method is the one a shopkeeper uses: counting up from the price to the amount paid rather than borrowing down a column. Counting on from $3.65 to $4.00 and then to $5.00 turns one hard subtraction into two easy additions, and the page is built so that counting up works cleanly.
Why this sheet works
Each of the six purchases pays with a sensible amount — a round figure above the price — so the change is a real amount rather than a puzzle. The totals vary so no two answers match, and writing the change in dollars and cents keeps the decimal point in play.
How this one works
One question from a sheet like this one, worked a step at a time — with a sentence saying what just happened and why.
Making change, step by step