Life skills and special education
Counting Money & Making Change Worksheets
Life Skills Math · Special Education
- Grades
- Grades 6–12
- Formats
- Google Slides, PDF, PowerPoint
- Pages
- 28
- Answer keys
- Included
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Money practice that looks grown-up! These counting money and making change worksheets use clean, clearly labeled drawings of US coins and bills (not cartoons or photos) and teen-friendly items like earbuds, hoodies and phone chargers. Three levels let every student work on the skill that fits their IEP goals, from naming coins to counting up change like a real cashier.
What's included
- Teacher guide with flexible 7-session pacing, materials and differentiation (support, on level, challenge)
- How to use the levels + 6 sample IEP goals you can adapt
- Standards page (Common Core math + Jump$tart personal finance)
- Coins & bills reference anchor chart (coins drawn to scale with each other: copper penny, silver nickel, dime and quarter; green bills from $1 to $100)
- Printable practice money: 15 bills marked PRACTICE MONEY plus 30 labeled practice coins
- Level 1: Name That Coin and Bills & Values (large print, circle and match answers)
- Level 2: Count the Coins and Count Bills & Coins to $10
- Level 3: Count to $100, plus fewest bills and coins
- Next Dollar Up (and next $5, $10 or $20 up)
- Making Change: Count Up, with a worked example
- Fewest Coins & Bills change chart
- Campus Corner Store with 16 price tags + leveled shopping practice
- 16 "Do I have enough?" purchase cards + recording sheet
- Cashier role-play: script, counting-back steps, practice rows and 8 customer cards
- Money Skills Check: an 8-question pre/post assessment
- IEP data tracking sheet with progress graph and skill checklist
- Complete answer keys, including the count-up steps for every change problem
How to use it
Use it in life skills, special education, transition or functional math classes. Start with the reference chart and printable money, then move students through the levels. The purchase cards and cashier cards work well in small groups, centers or before a school store shift.
Skills practiced
Coin valuesbill valuescounting moneynext dollar updo I have enough?counting up changefewest coinscashier skills
