Owl's Wise Spending – Money Worksheet (IB PYP Grade 1)

About This Worksheet

Think like a wise owl: make amounts, work out change and decide what you can buy. This colourful, printable IB PYP Grade 1 Mathematics worksheet gives young learners focused practice with money, with a friendly owl to guide them. It has a name, class and date box for students, the mindtested.com header and footer, and a teacher answer key on page 2.

What Questions Are in This Worksheet?

There are 3 activities worth 10 marks in total:

• Activity A: Making amounts with coins.
• Activity B: Working out what you can afford.
• Activity C: Finding change.

What Your Child Will Practise

• Making an amount with different coins
• Adding prices and comparing which costs more
• Finding change from a payment
• Naming coins and notes and their values

How to Use This Worksheet

1. Print the PDF on A4 paper (colour is best, but black and white works too).
2. Read each instruction aloud together before your child starts.
3. Let your child try every activity independently first.
4. Mark with the answer key on page 2 and talk through any mistakes.

Tip: five to ten minutes of regular practice works better for Grade 1 learners than one long session. Colour in the owl when the worksheet is finished as a small reward.

Ideal for classroom use, homework, tutoring or home learning in the IB PYP Number strand, where learners recognise Indian coins and notes, count amounts and solve simple shopping problems. Answer key included.