Counting Money — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A book costs $5. You save 25¢ each day. How many days until you have enough?
A) 4 days
B) 10 days
C) 15 days
D) 20 days
Five dollars is 500 cents, and 500 divided by 25 per day equals exactly 20 days to save enough.
2. A toy costs $2. You already have $1.25 and save 25¢ more each day. How many more days?
A) 1 day
B) 2 days
C) 3 days
D) 4 days
You need 75 more cents, and 75 divided by 25 per day equals 3 more days of saving.
3. You want a $1 game. You save 10¢ every day. How many days until $1?
A) 5 days
B) 10 days
C) 15 days
D) 20 days
One hundred cents divided by 10 cents per day equals 10 days to reach one whole dollar.
4. A snack is 50¢. You save a nickel (5¢) daily. How many days until you can buy it?
A) 5 days
B) 10 days
C) 15 days
D) 25 days
Fifty cents divided by 5 cents per day equals 10 days of saving to afford the snack.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. You save 10¢ a day. After 5 days you have 50¢.
Ten times five equals fifty, so five days of saving a dime gives you 50 cents.
2. You save 25¢ a day. After 4 days you have $1.
Twenty-five times four equals 100 cents, which equals one whole dollar saved.
3. You have 60¢ and save 20¢ more. Now you have 80¢.
Sixty plus twenty equals 80 cents, the new total in your piggy bank.
4. A toy costs $3. You have $2.25 and need 75¢ more.
Three dollars minus two dollars and twenty-five cents leaves 75 cents still to save.
5. You save 5¢ a day. After 1 week (7 days) you have 35¢.
Five times seven equals 35, so one week of saving a nickel each day gives 35 cents.