Money Word Problems Worksheets

Short stories about prices, savings and shared bills, with the number sentence printed on the answer key.

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6 problems. Add or subtract? Read the story. Sheet 151LIY, with its answer key.

Add or subtract? Read the story

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Solve each problem. Show your work.

1.A club has $6.58 in its cash box. Members add $1.31 at the meeting. How much is in the box?$________
2.A book costs $11.51. Shipping adds $1.13. What is the total?$________
3.A game costs $15.19. A coupon takes $2.73 off. What is the price now?$________
4.A coin jar holds $37.89. On Friday $4.72 of it is spent. How much does the jar hold then?$________
5.A coin jar holds $28.93. On Friday $2.84 more goes in. How much does the jar hold then?$________
6.A meal costs $23.02 and dessert adds $2.09. What is the bill?$________

Sheet 151LIY · Made at homeroomtools.com

Answer key. Add or subtract? Read the story

1.A club has $6.58 in its cash box. Members add $1.31 at the meeting. How much is in the box?$7.89$6.58 + $1.31 = $7.89
2.A book costs $11.51. Shipping adds $1.13. What is the total?$12.64$11.51 + $1.13 = $12.64
3.A game costs $15.19. A coupon takes $2.73 off. What is the price now?$12.46$15.19 − $2.73 = $12.46
4.A coin jar holds $37.89. On Friday $4.72 of it is spent. How much does the jar hold then?$33.17$37.89 − $4.72 = $33.17
5.A coin jar holds $28.93. On Friday $2.84 more goes in. How much does the jar hold then?$31.77$28.93 + $2.84 = $31.77
6.A meal costs $23.02 and dessert adds $2.09. What is the bill?$25.11$23.02 + $2.09 = $25.11

Sheet 151LIY · Made at homeroomtools.com

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How it works

These money word problems worksheets tell short stories in dollars and cents: a book that costs $18.40 with $3.25 for shipping, or a lunch bill split four ways. The page opens on stories that add or subtract.

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One kind of story to a sheet

Each sheet under Sheet type keeps to one kind of story: the total of two prices, how much more one thing costs, money left after buying, several at one price, or a bill shared equally. Two sheets stay in whole cents under a dollar. The opening sheet mixes adding and subtracting, so students must decide which the story needs.

What the answer key shows

Under each answer the key prints the number sentence, such as $27.40 ÷ 4 = $6.85, so a wrong answer can be traced to the choice of operation or to the arithmetic. As money problem solving worksheets they work best when students write that sentence before they calculate. Press Make a new sheet for new amounts.

Have students underline the question and circle the two amounts before they choose an operation.
Ask for an estimate in whole dollars first, so a slipped decimal point shows up at once.
Use the cents-only sheets with students who have not yet written a decimal point.

Questions and answers

What operations do the money word problems use?

One per story: adding two prices, subtracting to compare or to find what is left, multiplying a price by a whole number, or dividing a bill by the number of people. No story needs two steps.

Are the prices different every time?

Yes. Each press of Make a new sheet draws new amounts and deals the stories again, so a retake is not the same sheet. Every amount is stated in its story, and no real shop or price is used.

Do the division stories come out even?

Yes. Every share is a whole number of cents, such as $27.40 ÷ 4 = $6.85, so no answer needs rounding and no remainder is left over.

Which sheet suits students new to decimals?

The two cents-only sheets. Their amounts are whole cents under a dollar, such as 45¢ + 30¢ = 75¢, written with the cent sign and no decimal point. Move to prices under $10 next.

All 12 sheet types

Add or subtract 1

Add or subtract? Read the story Stories that add a second amount and stories that take one away, shuffled on one sheet. A book costs $18.40 and shipping adds $3.25: $18.40 + $3.25 = $21.65. A game costs $18.40 and a coupon takes $3.25 off: $18.40 − $3.25 = $15.15. The page opens on this sheet.

Cents only, under $1 2

Cents only: how many cents are left? Spending, giving and falling short, all under a dollar. With 80¢ and a 35¢ pencil to buy, 80¢ − 35¢ = 45¢ is left.
Cents only: two amounts to add, under $1 Whole cents with no decimal point, for students who have not met one yet. A pencil costs 45¢ and an eraser costs 30¢: 45¢ + 30¢ = 75¢. No total reaches a dollar.

The total of two prices 2

Bigger buys: two prices from $5 to $50 The same question with larger prices. A backpack costs $32.50 and a lunch box costs $14.95: $32.50 + $14.95 = $47.45.
Two prices under $10: what is the total? Two small prices in dollars and cents. A sandwich is $4.75 and a carton of milk is $1.60: $4.75 + $1.60 = $6.35. The key prints the number sentence under the answer.

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How much more, how much left 3

How much more does it cost? Comparing two prices. A scooter costs $39.34 and a skateboard costs $24.18: $39.34 − $24.18 = $15.16 more. The first price in a story is always the larger one.
Money left after buying one thing An amount to start with and one thing bought. A wallet holds $20.00 and lunch costs $7.35: $20.00 − $7.35 = $12.65 is left.
Saving up: how much more is needed? A price and the money saved so far. A bike costs $89.00 and $52.50 has been saved: $89.00 − $52.50 = $36.50 is still needed.

Several at one price 2

Several of the same item: 2 to 9 times a price One price and how many are bought. Juice boxes cost $1.45 each and 6 are bought: 6 × $1.45 = $8.70.
Week after week: an amount times 2 to 12 The same amount again and again. A student saves $3.50 every week for 8 weeks: 8 × $3.50 = $28.00.

How this list was compiled: Own list of sheet types and own story templates, written 2026-10-01. Every amount is drawn fresh for each sheet and stated inside its story; no real shop, brand or price is quoted, and no story names a real person. All amounts are whole cents, and every worked example was checked with exact arithmetic in cents. Standards read in the full texts on 2026-10-03: Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Math_Standards1.pdf (2.MD.8, word problems with dollar bills and coins using $ and ¢; 4.MD.2, word problems with the four operations including money; 5.NBT.7, add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals to hundredths), and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, 19 TAC chapter 111, https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/ch111a.pdf (4.8(C), problems that deal with money; 5.3(E), products of decimals to the hundredths, including money). Licence: own work