Subtracting Coin Amounts Word Problems Worksheet Download
This worksheet gives each amount as a number of named coins - "3 nickels" or "1 quarter" - rather than as a price, so the student has to know what each coin is worth before subtracting. Two kinds of problem are mixed together: one where a person has an amount and spends part of it, and one comparing what two people spent to find how much more. Every total stays under a dollar and all four coins appear, so pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters get practised together. This is the subtraction companion to the adding version.
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Subtracting Coin Amounts Word Problems
Students read a word problem where amounts are given as counts of named coins, then subtract to find how much is left or how much more one person spent.
About this worksheet
Students read a word problem where amounts are given as counts of named coins, then subtract to find how much is left or how much more one person spent.
Student objectives
- Practice subtracting amounts of money shown in cents
- Read a word problem and figure out what to subtract
- Find how much change or money is left after spending
- Work with quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies in problems
Everyday practice
- Figure out how much money you have left after buying a snack
- Work out the change you should get back from a purchase
- Compare two coin amounts to see how much more one has than the other
- Save up for a toy and track how much more you still need