Money Riddles: Coins to $1 (Grade 3)
Six harder coin riddles for 3rd grade with four to six coins and totals up to one dollar, plus clues like no pennies. Coin bank, key on page 2.
- Size
- US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), fits A4
- 2 pages: the worksheet and its answer key
- Level
- Grade 3
- License
- Free for personal & classroom use
About this worksheet
The totals climb and the coin counts grow: "I have 6 coins. Together they make 100¢. I have no pennies. One of my coins is a dime" and "I have 5 coins. Together they make 41¢. One of my coins is a quarter." A coin bank at the top shows the four coins with values, and children draw or name the coins in the box. Each riddle has a single solution, so a wrong combination that reaches the total will be off by one coin somewhere. Third graders take about fifteen minutes, less with real coins. Page 2 draws out the exact coins for every riddle.
Tips for using it
- Start every riddle by placing the coins the clues name, then fill in the rest.
- Count the coins in your answer; it must match the number in the riddle.
- Try to solve riddle 2 without touching any coins.
- Make a riddle with 5 coins that total exactly 75 cents.
Printing tips
Download the PDF and print at 100% (or “fit to page” on A4). Page 1 is the worksheet and page 2 is the answer key with the answers in red; print just page 1 if you want to keep the answers for checking. Free for personal, family and classroom use.
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