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Money

Complete a sequence of worksheet exercises (in increasing difficulty) covering pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars, and dollars: matching coins to prices, adding/subtracting coin values, making change, solving money word problems, and playing money games.

Includes: table of contents listing ~30+ worksheet topics (pennies, adding/subtracting prices with pennies, hidden picture, nickels and pennies, matching coins with… · answer key leaflet (described as a removable 4-page leaflet at the end of the book)

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1–3
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Let's Go Shopping Money Word Problems Activity teaching resource preview
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Let's Go Shopping Money Word Problems Activity

Read prompts describing an item's cost in coins/bills (e.g. '3 dimes and 2 nickels') and calculate and write the total value, across two pages of 5 problems each.

Includes: directions page · coin/bill value reference chart (penny, nickel, dime, quarter, dollar) · 10 'how much is it' money word-problem prompts across two pages

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2–4
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Perfect Patsy Percentage Calculates Percentages (9-12 years) teaching resource preview
Decimals & operations

Perfect Patsy Percentage Calculates Percentages (9-12 years)

Review how to find a percentage of a number (using fraction equivalents and the 10%-then-multiply method), practice mental-arithmetic percent calculations, then work through shopping-themed word problems: calculate sale prices from original price and percent-off discounts across several fictional shops (e.g. 'Bags and all Things…

Includes: Percent-of-a-number review/revision page with fraction-equivalent method · mental arithmetic percent practice questions

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Level
4–6
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Unit Rates Guided Notes & Word Problem Practice | 6th Grade Math teaching resource preview
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Unit Rates Guided Notes & Word Problem Practice | 6th Grade Math

Follow guided notes explaining what a unit rate is and how to find one (write the ratio, divide), complete guided practice problems, work through comparing-rates word problems (e.g. comparing store prices, comparing speeds), then complete a two-page independent practice worksheet with 20 unit-rate word problems, and check answers…

Includes: Guided Notes: 'Understanding Unit Rates' with definition, examples, steps, and 5 guided practice problems · Guided Notes: 'Unit Rates in Word Problems' with steps, worked comparison examples, and 5 more guided practice problems (10 total guided practice items) · Practice worksheet: 2 pages, 20 numbered unit-rate word problems (find the rate, compare rates, real-world scenarios)

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5–7
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Solving Money Word Problems Worksheet teaching resource preview
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Solving Money Word Problems Worksheet

Solve word problems that require adding or subtracting amounts of coins and dollars to find totals or differences.

Includes: answer key page listing solutions to 5 money word problems (coin totals and comparisons)

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2–4
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Ratios and Rates Quiz teaching resource preview
Decimals & operations

Ratios and Rates Quiz

Solve 8 word problems involving unit price comparisons, equivalent ratios, double number line diagrams, unit rates, and tape diagrams; show work and explain reasoning.

Includes: 8-problem quiz (word problems) · answer key with worked solutions

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Level
6
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Order of Operations – 5 Real-Life BEDMAS Scenarios teaching resource preview
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Order of Operations – 5 Real-Life BEDMAS Scenarios

Students read short real-life scenarios (shopping change, splitting pancakes, store income, splitting a pizza bill, hourly wages) and write/solve equations first without and then with order of operations to compare results.

Includes: 3-page worksheet with 5 real-life word-problem scenarios (name field, blank space for solving without/with order of operations)

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5–7
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Careers Now and Then | Order of Operations in a Beauty Salon teaching resource preview
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Careers Now and Then | Order of Operations in a Beauty Salon

Use a provided price list of salon services to solve 6 word problems requiring multiplying quantities by prices and adding/subtracting/dividing totals in the correct order of operations, narrated by a salon-owner character; read a nonfiction passage on the history of hairdressers; complete a linked science activity making natural-dye…

Includes: price list of salon services (haircut, perm, hair coloring, manicure, pedicure, beauty products) · 6 order-of-operations word problems themed around a beauty salon owner character · complete answer key with fully worked step-by-step solutions for all 6 problems

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2–4
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Counting Money Word Problems Worksheet teaching resource preview
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Counting Money Word Problems Worksheet

Give students practice solving word problems that require adding and subtracting amounts of money.

Includes: 5 money word problems with workspace

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2–4
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Addition and Subtraction Money Word Problems Math Worksheets teaching resource preview
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Addition and Subtraction Money Word Problems Math Worksheets

Students read each word problem (buying items, saving money, finding change) and use addition or subtraction to solve for the amount of money, writing the answer in dollars.

Includes: 12 pages of English-language money word-problem sets (name/class header, 3-4 problems per page)

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1–5
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Proportions – Guided Notes & Practice teaching resource preview
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Proportions – Guided Notes & Practice

Study guided notes explaining what a proportion is and two methods to check one (cross multiplication, simplifying ratios); complete 5 yes/no guided-practice items determining if a ratio pair is a proportion; learn the steps to solve for a missing value using cross multiplication; complete 5 guided-practice items solving for a missing…

Includes: Guided Notes: definition of a proportion, cross-multiplication method, simplifying-ratios method, with worked examples · Guided Practice: 5 yes/no items determining if a ratio pair is a proportion · Guided Notes: steps to solve for a missing value in a proportion, with worked examples

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5–7
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Everyday Math: Problem Solving - Book 2 teaching resource preview
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Everyday Math: Problem Solving - Book 2

Solve word problems involving money, timetables, measuring circumference, area/perimeter, graphs, and working backwards across a series of themed activity pages.

Includes: Teachers' Notes and Problem Solving Strategies · themed word-problem activity pages (e.g. Garage Sale, Time Out, Mary's Many Movements, Train Travel, Fence Frenzy, Newspaper Route, Wheel Problems, Farmer… · Answers section (pages 38-40)

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3–5
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Money Word Problems Worksheet teaching resource preview
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Money Word Problems Worksheet

Practice solving word problems involving counting and combining coin and dollar amounts.

Includes: 5 money word problems (named characters Caitlin, Robert, Frankie, Zoe, Mario/Spencer)

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2–4
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6th Grade Decimal Word Problems – Guided Notes & Practice teaching resource preview
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6th Grade Decimal Word Problems – Guided Notes & Practice

Read worked examples showing how to identify the needed operation and set up decimal calculations from word problems, complete guided practice word problems (single- and multi-step), then complete an independent practice worksheet, checking against an answer key.

Includes: guided notes with steps and worked examples for solving decimal word problems · guided practice: one-step word problems · guided notes/practice: multi-step decimal word problems

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Level
5–7
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Money: Value, Use, and Making Change Printable Workbook teaching resource preview
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Money: Value, Use, and Making Change Printable Workbook

Count and add coin values, write totals in cents and dollars, match sets of coins to their value, compare amounts using >, <, =, check correct coin combinations for a price, and subtract to calculate change from $1.00.

Includes: coin value reference and counting by 1s/5s/10s/25s · matching equal coin sets · adding mixed coin values (highest-to-lowest strategy)

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2–4
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Cafe du Monde Math Worksheet teaching resource preview
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Cafe du Monde Math Worksheet

Solve 7 word problems (draw pictures/write equations where prompted, complete a ratio table, and show work for money/weight calculations) and record numeric answers on the provided lines.

Includes: 7 word problems (multiplication/division, unit rate, place value/numeral writing, ratio table, money addition, weight multiplication, weight subtraction with…

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2–4
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6th Grade Adding & Subtracting Decimals – Guided Notes & Practice teaching resource preview
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6th Grade Adding & Subtracting Decimals – Guided Notes & Practice

Read worked examples and steps for aligning decimal points, complete guided practice problems, solve decimal addition/subtraction word problems (money, measurement), then complete an independent practice worksheet, checking answers against an answer key.

Includes: guided notes with steps and worked examples for adding/subtracting decimals · guided practice problems (numeric and word problems) · independent practice worksheet(s)

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PDF
Level
5–7
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Money Review Printable Workbook teaching resource preview
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Money Review Printable Workbook

Add or subtract coin values, count coins pictured, write the resulting cent amount, solve short money word problems, and color pictures according to a coin-total code.

Includes: Saving Pennies (addition) · Spending Pennies (subtraction) · Counting Nickels

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PDF
Level
1–2
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Multiples of Ten Word Problems Worksheet teaching resource preview
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Multiples of Ten Word Problems Worksheet

Use a food menu with prices to solve three word problems involving multiplying by 10 (e.g., 10 orders of an item, spending a fixed amount), drawing a picture and showing work; answer key included.

Includes: food-menu word problem worksheet (3 problems) · answer key with worked solutions

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Level
3–5
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Daring Donna Does Decimals (9-12 years) teaching resource preview
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Daring Donna Does Decimals (9-12 years)

Students match fractions to decimals, identify place value (tenths, hundredths), round decimals, solve word problems involving money and decimals (e.g. lesson costs, shopping totals), convert decimals to percentages and fractions, order decimals from smallest to largest, and multiply/divide decimals by 10 and 100.

Includes: fraction-to-decimal matching exercise · decimal place value chart exercise · decimal ordering exercises

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Level
4–6
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Adding and Subtracting Decimals Word Problems Digital Pixel Art teaching resource preview
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Adding and Subtracting Decimals Word Problems Digital Pixel Art

Solve 20 decimal addition/subtraction word problems and check answers against provided solutions; access a linked digital pixel-art version.

Includes: 20 decimal addition/subtraction word problems (2 pages) · numeric solutions list

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Level
4–6
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