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Solving Money Word Problems
Warm Up: Let’s Move!
Look at the dimes below.
Jump up and count by 10s.
Circle the correct answer to each problem.
Caleb has four quarters. Circle the total amount of money he has.
$2.00
$1.00
80¢
75¢
Mira has two dimes, one penny, and two nickels. How much money does she have in all?
41¢
90¢
31¢
37¢
Ellie has five pennies, two nickels, one dime, and one quarter. How much money does she
have in all?
55¢
60¢
40¢
50¢
Jaden’s dad gave him three dimes, two nickels, and one quarter. Jaden spent the
quarter on a bouncy ball. How much money does he have left?
40¢
75¢
60¢
30¢
Francesca wants to buy popcorn for snack. She has 60¢. Popcorn costs 75¢. How much
more money does she need?
25¢
15¢
30¢
5¢
One pack of pencils costs $1.25. Milo needs two packs of pencils for school. How much
money will he need?
$2.25
$1.50
$2.50
$2.20
Hailey had four quarters and two dimes. She dropped half of her money down the
drain. How much does she have left?
60¢
50¢
55¢
40¢
Gwen and Drew want to buy their mom a birthday card. It costs $2.25. Gwen has $1.50.
How much money does Drew need to contribute?
65¢
80¢
85¢
75¢
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Warm Up: Let’s Go!
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Cafeteria Menu: Money Word Problems
Look at the nickels below. Touch
your toes and count by 5s.
Circle the correct answer to each problem. Use the cafeteria menu.
65¢
25¢
30¢
40¢
30¢
20¢
90¢
55¢
Mr. Bass wants to buy an apple and a pear. How much money does he need?
$1.25
$1.35
$1.05
$1.45
How much would it cost to buy a banana and an orange?
65¢
45¢
50¢
55¢
If Selena had 65¢ and she bought a cookie, how much would she have left?
35¢
20¢
45¢
5¢
Brooks wanted a doughnut for dessert. He only has 20¢. How much more does he need?
20¢
10¢
5¢
25¢
Mrs. Cortez bought Caroline and Cami cartons of milk for lunch. How much did she
spend?
$1.80
$1.75
$1.65
$1.60
Rosie wants a snack. Her dad told her that she can only buy one thing with her 25¢.
Rosie does not want a cookie. What snack can she buy?
pear
apple
banana
orange
Carter had 75¢. He bought an orange. How much change did he get?
45¢
30¢
35¢
40¢
Casey and Reid had $1.50. Casey bought milk. Reid bought an apple. How much money
did they have left over?
40¢
30¢
25¢
20¢
Claire wants a banana and a pear. How much does she need to pay?
80¢
90¢
50¢
70¢
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Color the Coins
Warm Up: Get Active!
Solve the word problem. Do a jumping
jack for each quarter in the answer.
Remi earned 75¢ raking leaves.
How many quarters does she have?
Color the coins to show each answer.
Molly wants to buy new pens for
school. Each pen costs 15¢. Color in
the coins she needs to buy two pens.
London is learning origami. She
needs to buy new paper for folding.
Paper costs 5¢ a sheet. She wants
15 sheets. Color in the coins that she
needs to buy 15 sheets of paper.
Marius is saving to buy a new video
game. So far he has saved $19.00. The
game costs $19.57. Color in the coins
that show how much more money he
needs.
Logan and Liam are twins. They
share a room. They want to buy
wooden letters to make name signs
for their room. They need 9 letters.
Letters cost 5¢ each. Color in the
coins that show how much money
they need.
Ava is mailing Callie a birthday
package. It will cost $3.01 to mail it.
She has $2.25. How much more money
does she need?
Marco wants to buy an ice cream
cone from the vendor. It costs 83¢.
Marco has $1. Color the coins to
show how much change he will get.
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How Much Money?
Word Problems
Warm Up: Get Moving!
Solve the word problem. Lunge for
each dime to show the answer.
Owen has 80¢.
How many dimes does he have?
Write the correct answer to each problem.
James has three quarters, two dimes, and one penny. How much money does he have?
Ellie’s mom found some money in their washing machine while doing the laundry. She
found six pennies, two nickels, one dime, and one quarter. How much money did she
find?
Aisha bought two drawing books. Each book costs 80¢. How much money did she spend?
Henry and Sophie split a slice of pizza. The slice costs $2.00. How much money did each
of them pay?
Mrs. White parked in a space downtown. The meter costs 50¢ an hour. She wanted
to park for three hours. How much money should she have put in the meter?
Jonah bought new shoelaces for his shoes. They cost $3.00. He paid $4.00. How much
money will he get back?
Porter traded his new baseball cards for cash. He got 20¢ a card. He traded 10 cards.
How much money did he get?
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Solving Word Problems with Money
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2 - Math (Measurement & Data) Solving Word Problems with Money
Solving Money Word Problems
Warm Up: Students should jump up as they count by 10s from 10 to 50.
$1.00, 31¢, 50¢, 40¢, 15¢, $2.50, 60¢, 75¢
Cafeteria Menu: Money Word Problems
Warm Up: Students should touch their toes as they count by 5s from 5 to 25.
$1.05, 55¢, 45¢, 10¢, $1.80, banana, 45¢, 20¢, 90¢
Color the Coins
Warm Up: Students should do three jumping jacks.
Answers may vary. Check that students have colored coins that total the number of the
answer.
30¢, 75¢, 57¢, 45¢, 76¢, 17¢
How Much Money? Word Problems
Warm Up: Students should lunge eight times.
96¢, 51¢, $1.60, $1.00, $1.50, $1.00, $2.00
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Solving Word Problems with Money
Walksheets by Walkabouts
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