How it works
These adding and subtracting money worksheets set prices in columns with the decimal points lined up, such as $14.56 + $9.79 = $24.35. The page opens on a sheet that mixes both signs, with prices to $20.
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Line up the points first
Every problem is printed with its dollar signs and decimal points in one column, so dimes sit under dimes and pennies under pennies. Start with the sheets that need no regrouping, then add regrouping, then three prices. The answer keeps its dollar sign and both decimal places: $6.40, not $6.4.
Subtraction, the harder half
Used as money subtraction worksheets, the hardest sheet is the one across zeros, where a trade has to pass through a zero. Another prints a check under each answer on the key. For money addition and subtraction worksheets on one page, use the opening sheet and have students circle every sign first.
- Have students read each problem aloud in dollars and cents before they write.
- An estimate in whole dollars catches a decimal point in the wrong place.
- Use the across sheets for mental math once columns are secure.
Questions and answers
How do you add and subtract money?
Write the amounts in a column with the decimal points lined up, then add or subtract from the right as with whole numbers, regrouping when needed. Bring the point straight down and write the dollar sign: $14.56 + $9.79 = $24.35.
Why does a money answer need two decimal places?
Because cents are hundredths of a dollar. Written as $6.4, an answer could be read as six dollars and four cents, so the sheets and the key always print both places: $6.40.
What is subtracting across zeros with money?
It is subtracting from an amount with zeros in it, such as $57.00 − $25.67. There are no dimes or pennies to take from, so a dollar is traded for ten dimes and a dime for ten pennies first. The answer is $31.33.
Do these sheets include word problems?
No. Every problem on this page is a bare calculation, set in columns or written across on one line. Each sheet prints with an answer key, and two sheet types add a check line to the key.