Money: Comparing Money

Comparing money worksheets present two different amounts of money as coins and bills, and grade school students determine if they are greater than, less than or equal to each other.

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Compare the money. Greater than, less than or equal, up to $1.00.

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The problems
Coins and bills
Amounts
Pictures and amounts
The sheet
Up to 6, if they fit.
Up to 1 on this kind of sheet.
Up to 8, each with different problems and its own key.
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Left empty, the sheet is titled "Comparing Money — All Coins", as the printed money sheets are.
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Printable comparing money worksheet with answer key

5 comparing money problems · all coins · up to $1.00 · at most 8 coins and bills · worked example · with answer key · name line · border · logo

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5 comparing money problems · all coins · up to $1.00 · at most 8 coins and bills · worked example · with answer key · name line · border · logoUS Letter · print at 100%
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Using the Money Comparison Worksheets

Making change for a purchase is involves a number of complex steps that as adults we do frequently. However for a second grade or third grade student, this requires a number of discrete money skills that can be intimidating. Students need to be prepared not only to determine the decimal value of a collection of currency, but also to subtract from that value to give the resulting change, then count up the bills and coins necessary to give a final representation of the monetary change in a physical form.

This is really the end stage of CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.C.8 in the Common Core standard, which is expected to be mastered in second grade.