Counting Money Games Online Free
Add up quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies, then work out the change from $1, $2 or $5.
Type answers on your keyboard, or tap the number pad.
Practise these again:
How do you count coins?
Start with the coins worth the most and count on: 2 quarters is 50¢, plus 1 dime is 60¢, plus 2 pennies is 62¢. Skip counting in 25s, 10s and 5s makes it quick, so practise skip counting if it’s slow.
To make change, count up from the price to the amount paid. For a 65¢ item paid with $1, count 70, 80, 90, 100: that’s 35¢ change, the same as number bonds to 100.
How to play Counting Money
- Choose the 60-second challenge or untimed practice, then press Start.
- Type each answer on your keyboard or tap the number pad. It’s checked as soon as you’ve typed enough digits, or press ✓.
- Get one wrong and you’ll see the right answer, and the question comes back a little later.
- At the end, check your score and the facts to practise again.
Counting Money skills
- Coin values: 25¢, 10¢, 5¢ and 1¢
- Counting mixed coins
- Making change by counting up
Level: Grades 1–4 (ages 6–10)
Tips for counting money
A quarter is 25¢, a dime 10¢, a nickel 5¢ and a penny 1¢. Four quarters make $1.
Sort the coins from biggest to smallest before you count.
For change, count up to the next 10¢, then to the dollar.
Counting Money questions and answers
Which coins are in the game?
US quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies. Change questions use $1, $2 and $5.
What age learns to count money?
Children start naming coins in kindergarten or grade 1, count mixed coins in grade 2, and make change in grades 3 and 4.