Making change
This Grade 3 worksheet practices making change (Common Core 2.MD.C.8).
16 making change problems for Grade 3, with an answer key. Free printable PDF.
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On this sheet
- A hat costs $7. Noah pays $20. What change does Noah get, in dollars? — answer: $13
- A pen costs 20¢. Ana pays $1. What change does Ana get? — answer: 80¢
- An apple costs 30¢. Maya pays $1. What is the fewest number of coins for the change? — answer: 4
How to teach it
- Counting coins: sort them, start with the coin worth the most, and count on.
- Making change: count up from the price to the amount paid.
- Telling time: read the short hand for the hour, then the long hand for the minutes, counting by fives.
- Elapsed time: count on to the next hour, then on to the end time, and add the parts.
Questions teachers ask
- How many problems are on this worksheet?
- 16 on one page, with the answer key on the last page.
- What grade and standard is it for?
- Grade 3. Common Core: 2.MD.C.8.
- Can I print more than one version?
- Yes. Every version has different numbers and its own answer key. Use “Make another version” for a new one; the same version always prints the same.
- What grade learns to tell time?
- In the Common Core, time to the hour and half hour is Grade 1 (1.MD.B.3), to five minutes with a.m. and p.m. is Grade 2 (2.MD.C.7), and to the minute with elapsed time is Grade 3 (3.MD.A.1).
- Are there Canadian money worksheets?
- Yes. The Canadian coin sheets use nickels, dimes, quarters, loonies and toonies, with no pennies, since Canada stopped making the penny in 2013.
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