Addition and subtractionGrades 2–4
Adding money worksheets
Dollar-and-cent addition problems printed in stacked columns with the decimal points lined up. Choose how large the amounts get (up to $1, $10, $100 or $1,000), whether carrying appears, and the number of problems. An answer key is optional.
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Money is decimal addition in disguise
Adding dollars and cents is the first place most children use decimals for something real. The numbers are written like $4.35 and $2.80, and the method is the one they already know from whole-number column addition, with one new rule: the decimal points must line up. Cents sit under cents, dollars under dollars.
On this page the money is printed in stacked columns with dollar signs and two decimal places, so the alignment is already done. The child's job is to add, then write the answer with a dollar sign and a decimal point. The instruction line spells it out: work the cents first, then the dollars. It suits grades 2 to 4, depending on the size of the amounts.
Picking the amount range
- Operation. Addition is the preset. Subtraction, or a mix of the two, is available if you want to go on to change-making.
- Largest amount. The choices are up to $1, $10, $100 and $1,000. "Up to $1" is only cents (for example $0.45 plus $0.30), good for introducing the notation. "Up to $10" is the preset and gives amounts like $6.48. The larger ranges bring in two- and three-digit dollar amounts.
- Regrouping. "Mixed" lets cents add past a dollar. "No regrouping" keeps every column from carrying, so use it for a first pass.
- Number of problems. From 6 to 30; the preset is 16.
- Include the answer key, and pick US Letter or A4.
Later grades can pair this with regular decimal practice, but the money context is useful because children can picture the coins.
Worked example: $4.68 + $2.79
- Write $4.68 on top and $2.79 below, with the decimal points directly above each other.
- Hundredths (pennies). 8 + 9 = 17. Write 7 and carry 1 to the tenths.
- Tenths (dimes). 6 + 7 + 1 = 14. Write 4 and carry 1 to the ones.
- Dollars. 4 + 2 + 1 = 7.
- Put the decimal point straight down between the 7 and the 4, and add the dollar sign: $7.47.
- Check by rounding: $4.68 is about $5 and $2.79 is about $3, so the total should be near $8. $7.47 is close enough to be believable.
Coins help the same way. Count 17 pennies as one dime and seven pennies, which is exactly what the carry represents.
What to look for on the key
- Decimal point in the wrong place. The answer comes out as $74.7 or $747. Remind the child to drop the point straight down.
- Missing zero. A total like $3.50 sometimes gets written as $3.5. In money, two decimals are always written.
- Forgetting the carry from cents to dollars. The total will be short by exactly one dollar.
- Treating cents like whole numbers. Adding $0.75 and $0.50 and writing $1.25 is correct, but the common slip is $0.125.
If column addition itself is shaky, build it with the three-digit mixed sheet first.