Worksheet Generator · Making Change
Making Change Worksheet Generator
Make making-change worksheets in seconds. Each problem shows an item’s price and the amount paid, and students work out the change. Choose how the customer pays (the next whole dollar up, or a $1, $5, $10, or $20 bill) to set the difficulty — from change under a dollar to dollars-and-cents — and print, with a built-in answer key. Want students to count on with coins instead? Use the counting-on version.
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How It Works
Make a worksheet in four steps
- Choose your options. Pick how the customer pays (next whole dollar up, or a $1–$20 bill), how many problems, and whether prices use pennies. Keep the answer key on.
- Generate. Press Generate worksheet — the tool builds a fresh set of price-and-paid problems and computes the exact change.
- Students solve it. They find the change for each purchase — the amount paid minus the price — and write it on the line.
- Print or grade. Keep Include answer key on to print every answer, or turn it off for a clean student copy. Press ↻ New version for a fresh one.
In the Classroom
Six ways to use it
Making change
The core store skill: given the price and the amount paid, work out how much change the customer gets back.
Money subtraction
Every problem is a real-world subtraction — amount paid − price — in dollars and cents.
Mental math & estimation
Paying with the next dollar up keeps the change under $1, perfect for quick mental-math practice.
Differentiation
Next-dollar change stays under $1 for beginners; paying with a $10 or $20 bill stretches stronger students into dollars-and-cents change.
Real-world money sense
Price, payment, and change — exactly what happens at a register, so students practice money they’ll actually use.
Sub plans & homeschool
A no-prep, self-checking worksheet with an answer key — a brand-new set of problems every time.
What It Teaches
Money skills students build
Making change is one of the most useful real-world money skills: given what something costs and what the customer handed over, how much do they get back? This worksheet gives students a steady set of price-and-payment problems to find the change — a real-world money subtraction. Start by paying with the next dollar up so the change stays under a dollar, then move to paying with a $5, $10, or $20 bill for dollars-and-cents change. When you want students to count on with real coins to build the change, use the counting-on version. Before this, make sure students can count money; after it, try the shopping list worksheet and the rest of the money math lessons.
- Find the change from a price and the amount paid
- Subtract money: amount paid − price
- Work with dollars and cents in real purchases
- Estimate change when paying with bills
- Build everyday making-change confidence
Common Questions
Making Change Worksheet FAQ
Do I need a membership to use this generator?
Yes — the generator is a full Money Instructor membership feature (the paid plan, not a free account). Full members can make and print unlimited worksheets with answer keys. The page itself is free to read.
How does the worksheet work?
Each problem shows an item’s price and the amount paid. Students work out the change — the amount paid minus the price — and write it on the line. The answer key lists every change amount. Press New version for a fresh set any time.
What’s the difference between this and “counting on”?
This worksheet asks students to compute the change (amount paid − price) — the foundational skill. The Making Change by Counting On generator shows the change as real coins and bills for students to count on from the price — the cashier’s technique. Use this one first, then the counting-on version.
Can I make it easier or harder?
Yes. For beginners, choose next whole dollar up so the change is always under $1. To stretch students, have them pay with a $5, $10, or $20 bill (change in dollars and cents) or turn on pennies for to-the-cent prices.
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