Printable Making Change Worksheets
Printable making change worksheets for 2nd and 3rd grade, with an answer key on every sheet. The sets below cover 3 different skills, so you can start where your child actually is. Available as visual guides, word problems, and sorting activities.
Targeted Practice by Skill
About Making Change
What this skill is
Making change calculates change due when paying with a bill larger than item cost, using count-up strategies (from item cost to paid amount) or dollar subtraction.
When children learn it
Making change is taught in 2nd through 4th grade, aligned to 2.MD.C.8.
Teaching Tips
- Use counting up: for a $3.40 item paid with $5.00, count 10c to $3.50, then 50c to $4.00, then $1.00 to $5.00 (change = $1.60).
- Practice storekeeper roleplay.
Common Mistakes
- Regrouping errors when subtracting money amounts from whole dollar values like $10.00.
- Counting back change using incorrect coin combinations.