How to teach money and making change
Grade 1 to Grade 5
Money work covers recognising coins, finding totals, and making change. It makes addition and subtraction concrete and useful.
How to teach it
- Start by recognising and valuing coins.
- Practise adding coin amounts to a total.
- Introduce making change by counting up from the price.
- Move to dollars and cents and word problems.
Common mistakes
- Confusing the value of coins with their size.
- Errors counting up to make change.
- Forgetting the decimal point in dollars and cents.
Practise with free worksheets
Printable worksheets with answer keys that are never wrong.