Build your students’ financial literacy with our Adding & Subtracting Money Worksheets! This comprehensive set of 10 worksheets provides engaging opportunities to practise recognising, adding, and subtracting Australian coins and notes. With activities that progress from simple identification to complex problem-solving, students will gain confidence in handling money and applying their skills to real-world contexts.

Covering essential concepts such as creating amounts in different ways, calculating change, and solving money-based word problems, these worksheets are designed to reinforce classroom learning and extend into practical applications. With a variety of activity types, they cater to diverse learning needs and encourage flexible thinking about how money can be represented and used.

Perfect for whole-class lessons, small group practice, or independent revision, these worksheets can also be used for assessment to track student understanding. Print single worksheets for homework or use the full set as part of a focused money unit. Differentiated challenges ensure that every learner can succeed at their own level while still being challenged.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Recognise and represent Australian coins and notes
• ✅ Add coins and notes to form given amounts
• ✅ Work out change accurately in real-life scenarios
• ✅ Solve word problems that involve money calculations
• ✅ Match written amounts to visual groups of coins and notes
• ✅ Develop strategies for flexible and efficient money calculations

What’s Included:

• 10 differentiated worksheets covering key money concepts
• Tasks that range from coin addition to complex change calculations
• Real-world problem-solving activities
• Assessment tasks to track student progress and understanding

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheets (single-sided for ease of use)
• Pencils and erasers
• Plastic or printable coins and notes (optional for hands-on practise)
• Calculators (optional for checking work)
• Clipboards or mini whiteboards for flexible learning spaces

How to Use:

1. Introduce money concepts using real or plastic coins and notes.
2. Distribute worksheets according to student ability or whole-class focus.
3. Guide students to complete tasks individually, in pairs, or in groups.
4. Use real-world connections such as shopping scenarios to deepen learning.
5. Collect completed worksheets to assess understanding and provide feedback.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Incorporate into a money-focused maths unit as sequential lessons
• 💡 Use for targeted small group intervention with students needing extra support
• 💡 Provide early finisher folders with selected worksheets
• 💡 Use assessment sheets as pre- and post-tests for a money topic
• 💡 Set one worksheet as a homework task to connect learning with families

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Print multiple worksheets per page to save paper for revision tasks
• 💛 Pair worksheets with hands-on money manipulatives for deeper engagement
• 💛 Encourage students to explain their thinking when solving money problems
• 💛 Differentiate by assigning simpler or more complex worksheets to meet needs

Adding & Subtracting Money Worksheets provide the perfect balance of practice, challenge, and assessment for teaching money. With 10 versatile worksheets, this resource builds confidence in essential financial skills and prepares students to apply their knowledge in everyday contexts.