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Find the change from a purchase: Cost $3.65, paid $5.00. Three versions of twenty problems with answer keys, in dollars and cents.

Money: make change

NameDate

Find the change.

  1. Cost $18.62. Paid $20.00. Change =
  2. Cost $6.20. Paid $10.00. Change =
  3. Cost $7.08. Paid $20.00. Change =
  4. Cost $2.14. Paid $5.00. Change =
  5. Cost $6.58. Paid $10.00. Change =
  6. Cost $1.05. Paid $20.00. Change =
  7. Cost $14.47. Paid $20.00. Change =
  8. Cost $6.18. Paid $10.00. Change =
  9. Cost $2.58. Paid $10.00. Change =
  10. Cost $17.37. Paid $20.00. Change =
  11. Cost $2.84. Paid $10.00. Change =
  12. Cost $13.86. Paid $20.00. Change =
  13. Cost $7.54. Paid $10.00. Change =
  14. Cost $8.50. Paid $20.00. Change =
  15. Cost $2.86. Paid $10.00. Change =
  16. Cost $2.83. Paid $10.00. Change =
  17. Cost $9.11. Paid $10.00. Change =
  18. Cost $6.20. Paid $20.00. Change =
  19. Cost $14.09. Paid $20.00. Change =
  20. Cost $7.58. Paid $10.00. Change =
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Money: make change

NameDate

Find the change.

  1. Cost $4.04. Paid $5.00. Change =
  2. Cost $5.31. Paid $10.00. Change =
  3. Cost $3.63. Paid $10.00. Change =
  4. Cost $13.56. Paid $20.00. Change =
  5. Cost $9.26. Paid $20.00. Change =
  6. Cost $1.64. Paid $5.00. Change =
  7. Cost $11.31. Paid $20.00. Change =
  8. Cost $1.36. Paid $10.00. Change =
  9. Cost $1.99. Paid $5.00. Change =
  10. Cost $4.64. Paid $5.00. Change =
  11. Cost $3.61. Paid $5.00. Change =
  12. Cost $5.11. Paid $10.00. Change =
  13. Cost $3.94. Paid $5.00. Change =
  14. Cost $1.25. Paid $5.00. Change =
  15. Cost $14.53. Paid $20.00. Change =
  16. Cost $6.55. Paid $10.00. Change =
  17. Cost $4.92. Paid $5.00. Change =
  18. Cost $15.32. Paid $20.00. Change =
  19. Cost $9.40. Paid $10.00. Change =
  20. Cost $8.09. Paid $10.00. Change =
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Money: make change

NameDate

Find the change.

  1. Cost $19.88. Paid $20.00. Change =
  2. Cost $1.74. Paid $10.00. Change =
  3. Cost $13.44. Paid $20.00. Change =
  4. Cost $3.17. Paid $10.00. Change =
  5. Cost $2.31. Paid $10.00. Change =
  6. Cost $8.29. Paid $10.00. Change =
  7. Cost $4.66. Paid $10.00. Change =
  8. Cost $2.79. Paid $5.00. Change =
  9. Cost $5.14. Paid $10.00. Change =
  10. Cost $19.32. Paid $20.00. Change =
  11. Cost $8.96. Paid $10.00. Change =
  12. Cost $10.45. Paid $20.00. Change =
  13. Cost $2.65. Paid $5.00. Change =
  14. Cost $5.32. Paid $10.00. Change =
  15. Cost $2.62. Paid $5.00. Change =
  16. Cost $10.66. Paid $20.00. Change =
  17. Cost $2.52. Paid $5.00. Change =
  18. Cost $9.25. Paid $10.00. Change =
  19. Cost $2.23. Paid $5.00. Change =
  20. Cost $9.31. Paid $20.00. Change =
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Answer key

Sheet A

  1. $1.38
  2. $3.80
  3. $12.92
  4. $2.86
  5. $3.42
  6. $18.95
  7. $5.53
  8. $3.82
  9. $7.42
  10. $2.63
  11. $7.16
  12. $6.14
  13. $2.46
  14. $11.50
  15. $7.14
  16. $7.17
  17. $0.89
  18. $13.80
  19. $5.91
  20. $2.42

Sheet B

  1. $0.96
  2. $4.69
  3. $6.37
  4. $6.44
  5. $10.74
  6. $3.36
  7. $8.69
  8. $8.64
  9. $3.01
  10. $0.36
  11. $1.39
  12. $4.89
  13. $1.06
  14. $3.75
  15. $5.47
  16. $3.45
  17. $0.08
  18. $4.68
  19. $0.60
  20. $1.91

Sheet C

  1. $0.12
  2. $8.26
  3. $6.56
  4. $6.83
  5. $7.69
  6. $1.71
  7. $5.34
  8. $2.21
  9. $4.86
  10. $0.68
  11. $1.04
  12. $9.55
  13. $2.35
  14. $4.68
  15. $2.38
  16. $9.34
  17. $2.48
  18. $0.75
  19. $2.77
  20. $10.69
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Money: 20 problems a sheet, 3 versions that do not repeat each other where the numbers allow.

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Ideas for class

  • Teach counting up as the shopkeeper does it: start at the cost and add coins and bills until you reach what was paid.
  • Let students check each answer by adding it to the cost, which should give the amount paid.
  • Role-play a small shop in the classroom before the sheet, with price tags in dollars and cents.

Related

Questions

Can the change be zero?

No. The cost is always at least five cents under the amount paid, so there is always some change.

Is there an adding version?

Yes. The maker's Money skill also has adding and subtracting amounts and several items at one price, in stacked or on-a-line form.

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What this worksheet covers

Making change is subtraction with money. Each problem gives a cost in dollars and cents, up to just under the amount paid, and the amount paid, which is $5, $10 or $20. The student finds the change. Since the cost is a price with cents, most problems need regrouping across the decimal point, which is where the real mathematical work is.

Who it is for

Third and fourth grade. It applies the decimal subtraction students meet in fourth and fifth grade to a real situation, and it is the kind of money problem that turns up on state tests and in shops. Students should be able to subtract three-digit numbers and understand dollars and cents as a decimal.

Finding change from $5, $10 or $20 · grades 3 and 4

A worked example

Cost $3.65, paid $5.00. Count up from the cost: 35 cents gets to $4.00, and 1 dollar more gets to $5.00. The change is $1.35. Subtracting gives the same answer: 5.00 − 3.65 = 1.35.

Mistakes to watch for

  • Subtracting the smaller digit from the larger in each column, which gives the wrong cents. Counting up avoids the borrowing.
  • Forgetting the decimal point in the answer. Ask whether the change could be hundreds of dollars.

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