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Counting Coins Game Adding Money Math Shopping Coin Counting Activity
Counting Coins Game Adding Money Math Shopping Coin Counting Activity
Counting Coins Game Adding Money Math Shopping Coin Counting Activity
Counting Coins Game Adding Money Math Shopping Coin Counting Activity
Counting Coins Game Adding Money Math Shopping Coin Counting Activity
Counting Coins Game Adding Money Math Shopping Coin Counting Activity
Counting Coins Game Adding Money Math Shopping Coin Counting Activity
Counting Coins Game Adding Money Math Shopping Coin Counting Activity
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What others say

"This was an activity that I had small groups use and it was great to have the students find prices and use our play money to help them. Love it. "
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Julie F.
"Students enjoyed learning about identifying and counting coins. The materials were easy for students to use. "
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Jacqueline P.

Description

Learning to count coins and money is so much more fun when you get to go shopping! With this math activity, students start with a certain amount to spend and can buy anything they want as long as they don't go over their budget.

To play, students choose items from the store and record the prices on their shopping list. When they are finished shopping, they add up all their purchases and and answer the question - Do you have enough?

You can also add play money and have students physically count out the coins to pay for their items. If you don't have play money to use along with this game, here is some you can print out: Free Printable Money for the Classroom

This activity can be completed by a single student or turned into a game with several students competing to see who ends up with the most money left over.

This money game is one of my students' favorite activities. It's very simple with no prep. There are several versions of the game boards, plus an editable version, so you can fully customize and differentiate this activity!

WHAT YOU WILL GET

  • Instructions
  • Game boards for shopping at 5 different stores (toys, clothes, food, pets, home)
  • Shopping lists
  • Editable game boards in Powerpoint
  • Digital version in Easel

DIFFERENTIATION

The game boards, or "shops", are provided in the following versions:

  • Prices in any amount including pennies (students will have to count mixed coins of all types)
  • Prices that end in 5 or 0 only
  • Prices that end in 0 only

The editable Powerpoint allows you to create any prices you want for further customization. You could make whole dollar amounts or only prices of less than $1.

WHO IS THIS GAME FOR?

The various levels of this game allow you to use it with students of all abilities!

  • Young students learning to count groups of like coins
  • Students learning to count mixed coins
  • Students learning to add money amounts and decimals
  • Older students learning the life skills of budgeting, shopping, and spending

Do your students need more practice with counting money? You might also like these other resources:

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Counting Coins Game Adding Money Math Shopping Coin Counting Activity

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What others say

"This was an activity that I had small groups use and it was great to have the students find prices and use our play money to help them. Love it. "
star
Julie F.
"Students enjoyed learning about identifying and counting coins. The materials were easy for students to use. "
star
Jacqueline P.

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Description

Learning to count coins and money is so much more fun when you get to go shopping! With this math activity, students start with a certain amount to spend and can buy anything they want as long as they don't go over their budget.

To play, students choose items from the store and record the prices on their shopping list. When they are finished shopping, they add up all their purchases and and answer the question - Do you have enough?

You can also add play money and have students physically count out the coins to pay for their items. If you don't have play money to use along with this game, here is some you can print out: Free Printable Money for the Classroom

This activity can be completed by a single student or turned into a game with several students competing to see who ends up with the most money left over.

This money game is one of my students' favorite activities. It's very simple with no prep. There are several versions of the game boards, plus an editable version, so you can fully customize and differentiate this activity!

WHAT YOU WILL GET

  • Instructions
  • Game boards for shopping at 5 different stores (toys, clothes, food, pets, home)
  • Shopping lists
  • Editable game boards in Powerpoint
  • Digital version in Easel

DIFFERENTIATION

The game boards, or "shops", are provided in the following versions:

  • Prices in any amount including pennies (students will have to count mixed coins of all types)
  • Prices that end in 5 or 0 only
  • Prices that end in 0 only

The editable Powerpoint allows you to create any prices you want for further customization. You could make whole dollar amounts or only prices of less than $1.

WHO IS THIS GAME FOR?

The various levels of this game allow you to use it with students of all abilities!

  • Young students learning to count groups of like coins
  • Students learning to count mixed coins
  • Students learning to add money amounts and decimals
  • Older students learning the life skills of budgeting, shopping, and spending

Do your students need more practice with counting money? You might also like these other resources:

✅ Don't forget to follow me to be notified about my weekly deals and when new products are added!

Report this resource to TPT
Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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Rated 4.87 out of 5, based on 354 reviews
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Fun Activity!
Rated 5 out of 5
May 14, 2026
My class loved completing this activity toward the end of our money unit.
Megan K.
306 reviews • Pennsylvania
Grades taught: 3rd
a great resource
Rated 5 out of 5
April 5, 2026
we loved using this to practice counting coins! so fun
Kacey Tackett
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1,491 reviews • Kentucky
Grades taught: K, 2nd
Fun Activity
Rated 5 out of 5
March 10, 2026
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
This was an activity that I had small groups use and it was great to have the students find prices and use our play money to help them. Love it.
Julie F.
73 reviews • Maryland
Grades taught: 2nd
Counting Coins Game Adding Money Math Shopping Coin Counting Activity
Rated 5 out of 5
March 4, 2026
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
Students enjoyed learning about identifying and counting coins. The materials were easy for students to use.
Jacqueline P.
293 reviews • New Jersey
Grades taught: 3rd, 9th
Student populations: Mild to severe disabilities
Fun end of unit activity!
Rated 5 out of 5
February 23, 2026
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
This is a great way to wrap up a money unit, love the real life take.
Jena A.
385 reviews • Montana
Grades taught: 2nd
Well - Crafted Resource
Rated 4 out of 5
January 24, 2026
Used for a math lesson involving adding and subtracting decimals. Students were very engaged and enjoyed. Would have liked it to include more relevant items for the students, but it did it's job well.
Sharon W.
873 reviews • Florida
Grades taught: 5th
Great Resource
Rated 5 out of 5
November 21, 2025
This was a great resource to use with students at various levels to do small amounts of scaffolding within a lesson.
Cassandra S.
378 reviews • New York
Grades taught: PreK, K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Student populations: Autism, Learning difficulties, Mild to severe disabilities
Wonderful Resource
Rated 5 out of 5
November 5, 2025
I use this resource so much! I love it! It is well crafted for the price
Elizabeth Olive
(TPT Seller)
716 reviews • North Carolina
Grades taught: 1st
Student populations: Emerging bilinguals

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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. Example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have?
Add within 100, including adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number, and adding a two-digit number and a multiple of 10, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used. Understand that in adding two-digit numbers, one adds tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose a ten.
Add up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.
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