Math · Stage 3
Dollars, Cents & Change
Add amounts of money in dollars and cents, and count up the change like a real shopkeeper.
✦ Math📘 Stage 3 · S3⏱ ~10 min🧒 Ages 7–8★ Free to start
I can add amounts of money and work out change in dollars and cents.
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Kavi's Big Shop 🛍️
Kavi's little shop grew up! Now the prices have dollars and cents. A book is $2.40 and a pen is $1.50 ✏️. "Together that's $3.90," hoots Kavi. "And if you pay with a $5 note, I count up to give your change!" Today we add money in dollars and cents, and work out the change.
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What your child will learn
1Add dollars and centsStart with the biggest coins and count on. Tap them in order and watch the total grow past a dollar: $1 … $1.50 … $1.70 … $1.90 … $1.95.
2Cents that make a dollar100 cents make $1. Which coins add up to exactly one dollar? Tap a 50¢, two 20¢, and a 10¢ and check the total.
3Count up the changeA toy costs $3.60 and you pay with a $5 note. Change = count up from the price to what you paid. These are the change coins — tap them: $1, 20¢, 20¢.
4Count the tens to 100Cents often jump in tens. Knowing the ten-count to 100 makes change from a dollar fast: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100.
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A peek inside
A book costs $2.40 and a pen costs $1.50. How much altogether?
$2.40 + $1.50 → add dollars, add cents
Try this at home: Add the money: $1.20 + $0.60 = __
Ready to play and learn?
Start the free interactive lesson, or print the handout for screen-free play.
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