Five pages about counting money and deciding what you can buy. On page 1 students count eight collections of coins and $1 and $5 bills and write each amount the right way: 87¢ for an amount under a dollar, $1.20 or $7.05 for a dollar or more. Page 2 shows a toy or a treat with a price tag beside the money you have: students write the total and circle Yes or No for whether it is enough. On page 3 they count the money and write how much more they need, or 0 when they already have enough. Page 4 is a little toy shop: count your money, circle every item you could buy by itself, then add two prices to see if you can buy both. Page 5 has six word problems: write an amount with ¢ or $, decide if there is enough, find how much more is needed, fix an amount written the wrong way, and add two prices.
Set up a pretend store with price tags under $10 and give each student a bag of play coins and $1 and $5 bills. Before page 1, write 45¢ and $0.45 and $4.59 on the board and talk about which sign goes with which amount. For pages 2 and 3, have partners count the money aloud, biggest first, before they decide.
Next time you shop, read a price tag together and ask whether the money in a wallet or piggy bank is enough. Empty a coin jar onto the table, count a handful, and write the amount with the cent sign or with a dollar sign.
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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A 5-page money pack for 3rd grade. Count collections of coins and $1 and $5 bills and write each amount the right way: with the cent sign under a dollar (45¢) and in dollars and cents for a dollar or more ($4.59). Then count the money beside a price tag and circle Yes or No for whether it is enough, work out how much more money is needed, shop a toy store with a set amount of money, and solve six word problems about buying things. Every page comes in color and in black and white. Answer keys included.
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