These activity sheets will give your beginning students practice in addition by "purchasing" different items.

How to Determine the Cost of Several Items? When you go to buy something in a shop, you usually come out buying more stuff than you originally planned to. And it is all fun and games till you come home and when your mother is asking you where you spent the money... Yikes! The first question that she asks will always be, "How much did you spend?" And if you have lost the receipt, then there is no way to find out the total cost. But there is! And it's all very easy! This is where you use math in real life. The operation that you are going to use in such a situation is addition. All you have to do is look for the cost of each item individually. Once that's done, add all the numbers together, and you will have your answer.

You will perform some basic math money problems that will mimic exactly what happens when you go to a store to buy something. We just went to a flea market this week and learned that people will often try to make a quick buck by not counting your change properly. I bought a necklace that was nine dollars I gave the women a twenty dollar bill and received only a five dollar bill and a dollar bill. See knowing how to count your change is key. These worksheets explain how to calculate the total purchase price of different items, as well as how to add mixed denominations of coins. Instructors may choose whether calculator use is allowed or not.



Get Free Worksheets In Your Inbox!


Math Operations With Money Worksheets

Click the buttons to print each worksheet and answer key.

Mental Money Lesson

Find the total cost of buying the things listed. Total cost of buying guitar and hat = Cost of Guitar + Cost of Hat.

Print Now!

Lesson and Practice

Find the total cost of buying the things listed. Add mentally, if you can.

Worksheet

Students will find the total purchase price of combinations different items. Ten problems are provided.

Practice

Given the price of six items you will practice finding the total cost of purchasing different items. Ten problems are provided.

Drill

Process all of the math operations that are necessary to calculate the total purchase cost. Eight problems are provided.

Warm Up

This is meant to be used as an entire class or group to review these skills. Three problems are provided.

Money Problems Lesson

Find the sum of money. Add dollars and cents in the same way as any other numbers. You can imagine that the decimal point is not there while calculating. Just remember to put in the answer.

Lesson and Practice

Find the cost of buying two books and three guitars.

Worksheet

Find the sum of the following amount of money given in each cell. Ten problems are provided.

Practice

We work with slightly higher priced items. The goal is to find how much they would be to buy. Ten problems are provided.

Drill

Students will find the sum different denominations of money. Eight problems are provided.

Warm Up

You will practice finding the end value of a series of items. Three problems are provided.

Pennies and Nickels Lesson

How many pennies will you have to pay to buy a balloon. Match the correct number of pennies? We have to pay 5 cents for the balloon. This means that we have to pay 5 pennies. Draw a line from the balloon to box of 5 penny.

Lesson and Practice

How many nickels you have to give, if you want to buy an ice-cream? Write the number of nickels in the box given.

Worksheet

Write the number of dimes and cents, {1 dime (D) = 10 cents}, {penny (P) = 1 cent} in the box, if you have to buy the following things from the market. Use minimum number of coins.

Practice

How many of each coin type will you need to satisfy the overall price. Ten problems are provided.

Drill

More practice on finding the total value needed to buy items. Eight problems are provided.

Warm Up

Write the number of nickels (upper box) and pennies (lower box), (1 nickel = 5 cents, 1 penny = 1 cent) in the boxes, if you have to buy the following things from the market. Remember you have to use both nickels and pennies.

Sum Values - Dimes and Quarters Worksheet

Students will add combinations of dimes and quarters. Six problems are provided.

Practice

We get another go at this skill to determine the total value. Six problems are provided.

Mixed Sum Values Worksheet

Students will add a series of mixed coins to find the amount of money that is present. Six problems are provided.

Practice

Students will find the sum of mixed coins to make a total value. Six problems are provided.

Worksheet

Write the total value of money that is present. Six problems are provided.

Practice

Students will add combinations of dimes and nickels. Six problems are provided.

Sum Values - Dimes and Nickels Worksheet

What is the total value of the dimes and nickels that are in each box? Six problems are provided.

Sum Values - Nickels and Quarters Practice

This sheet can give you more practice with the skills and concepts we are working on. Six problems are provided.

Worksheet

Find the value of all of the nickels and quarters. Six problems are provided.

Sum Values - Dimes and Pennies Practice

Where is this total found and how much is the total value? Six problems are provided.

Worksheet

You are working with only dimes and quarters at this point. Six problems are provided.

Practice

More work on counting up totals of coins. Six problems are provided.

Sum Value - Nickels and Pennies Worksheet

Find the complete picture of the value of all the nickels and pennies. Six problems are provided.

Practice

Students will use all the coins to find an end value. Six problems are provided.

Sum Value - Pennies and Quarters Worksheet

Once again we work with our friends pennies and quarters. Six problems are provided.