Money — Grade 3 (introduction)

Last year you counted small amounts. This year you go further:

• Count larger amounts with several coins and bills.
• Make change for any payment.
• Combine coins to make any amount.
• Use decimal notation ($12.50).
• Solve money word problems.

In this topic we count in US dollars and cents. If you live in the UK, it works the same way with pounds and pence: £12.50 is twelve pounds and fifty pence.

• US: coins 1¢, 5¢, 10¢, 25¢; bills $1,$5, $10,$20.
• UK: coins 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2; notes £5, £10, £20.

Why money matters

Money is the most useful place a child meets numbers. Adding, subtracting, even decimals — all in real life. A grade-3er who can read a price tag, work out change, and not get cheated has maths and life skills.

What you'll learn

• Counting larger amounts — coins + bills.
• Making change — what to give back.
• Decimal notation — $12.50 = 12 dollars 50 cents.
• Money word problems — shopping, saving.
• For parents — practice ideas.

Try it

• 💵 Count money
• 🔄 Make change
• 🪙 Combine coins
• 📖 Money word problems
• 🔢 Decimal money

Summary

• $1 = 100 cents (and £1 = 100 pence).
• Count, make change, combine coins, write decimals.
• Real-life money is the best practice you can get.