Counting money worksheets

Count the total shows a handful of coins, or notes and coins at the bigger amounts, largest first. The child adds them up and writes the total. Sorting them largest first is the habit worth teaching: start with the quarters or the 50p pieces and count on.

Make an amount gives a price and a space to draw or write the coins that make it. Any right answer counts, but the answer key shows the fewest coins and notes, which is the harder version of the question.

Change from a price shows what something costs and the coin or note it's paid with, always the smallest one that covers it. Counting up from the price to the money paid is the easiest way to do these in your head.

The coins and notes are plain shapes with the value written on, not pictures of real money. The coins are in proportion to each other, and so are the notes, so a US dime is smaller than a penny and a UK 5p is the smallest coin, as they are in real life. The UK 20p and 50p have seven sides and the £1 has twelve, which helps children tell them apart.

Untick colour for a black and white sheet that children can colour in themselves: copper for the pennies, silver and gold for the rest.

The US Mint stopped making pennies for circulation after 2025, but plenty are still in use, so the 1¢ coin stays on the sheets.