1st grade money word problems worksheets

Money word problems for first grade tell one short story per problem, and the coins are printed right inside it at their real sizes. Your child reads the story, counts the coins on from the biggest value, and writes the total in cents. Totals stay under a dollar.

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The kind of problems you'll get

Read each story. Count the coins and write the total in cents.

  1. What is the value of one dime and one nickel?

    Answer: 10 cents plus 5 cents is 15 cents.

Most problems on this sheet sit beside a picture, model or diagram, so this is the worked example the sheet itself prints. The answer key on page two prints the answer under every problem.

Every print pulls a fresh set of problems at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling never gets the same sheet.

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Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key after the problems.

How to teach this

Read the story out loud together, then let your child touch each printed coin and say the running total: 10, 20, 21, 22, 23. If they answer with how many coins there are, back up and name each value first. End every problem the same way: say the total, then write it with the cent sign.

Watch for: Kids answer with the number of coins in the story, so 2 dimes and 3 pennies becomes 5. Have them say each coin's value out loud before adding it on. Kids add the cost and the money paid when the story asks for change. Circle the question together: change means starting at the cost and counting up to what was paid. Kids drop the final zero and write $2.6, or leave the unit off entirely. Money keeps two places after the decimal point, and every answer needs its ¢ or $.

Common questions about money word problems

Do the problems show pictures of the coins?
Yes. Each story prints its coins at real size, so your child counts what they see instead of holding the amounts in their head. There are 5 problems on a sheet, each with room to show work and an answer line.
Which coins should a first grader know for these?
Quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. Totals stay under a dollar, so answers are written in cents, like 23¢. The dime is the usual troublemaker: smallest coin on the page, worth ten.

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Reviewed by the One more sheet team. Content version 240, updated September 2026.

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