Adding money is a key skill in life. Give a worksheet that requires second graders to find the total amount of money Louis needs to make certain school supply purchases.

Concepts

saving money, money vocabulary, allowance, money math, money word problems

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Instruct learners to set up equations for solving
• Provide play money to help those that need extra support

Classroom Considerations

• Best used as an assessment after the skill has been taught
• Assumes learners understand dollar amounts

Pros

• Teacher version uses commentary to set the purpose and help guide instruction

Cons

• None

Common Core

2.OA.A.1 2.NBT.A.2 2.NBT.B.5