How Much Change?

Help children develop confidence with money through real-life problem solving with How Much Change? This engaging printable game gives children the opportunity to practise calculating change, comparing amounts and deciding whether they can afford everyday items.

What’s Included?

  • Printable item price tags
  • Recording sheet for calculations
  • Empty number lines to support finding change
  • Two-item challenge version for additional practice
  • Easy-to-follow instructions

Why You’ll Love It

  • Provides meaningful, real-life maths practice
  • Develops confidence with calculating change
  • Reinforces addition and subtraction of money
  • Supports the use of number lines as a calculation strategy
  • Easy to differentiate with single-item and two-item challenges
  • Low-prep and ready to print and play

Perfect For

✔ KS2 money topics
✔ Maths lessons and interventions
✔ Small group work
✔ Home learning activities
✔ Maths centres and independent practice

Skills Covered

  • Recognising and using money
  • Calculating change
  • Addition and subtraction
  • Comparing amounts
  • Estimation and reasoning
  • Financial literacy and budgeting

Why Children Love It

Children enjoy the shopping-themed challenge of seeing whether they can afford different items and working out how much change they will receive. The element of chance from the dice rolls keeps every round different and encourages repeated practice without it feeling like a worksheet.

How Much Change? is a simple, effective and engaging way to develop essential money skills, helping children become more confident with calculations they’ll use both in the classroom and in everyday life.

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