Money Maths Quiz Generator
Make a money maths quiz: totals of everyday prices, change from a bill, and finding the best-value pack, with the dollars and cents worked through.
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Preview: 10 questions
1. A sandwich costs $4.45, an apple costs $0.85 and a comic costs $3.60. What is the total cost?
2. A drink costs $3.05 and a ruler costs $2.70. What is the total cost?
3. A pencil case costs $11.00, a notebook costs $4.20 and a ruler costs $1.85. What is the total cost?
4. A muffin costs $1.95 and a notebook costs $4.40. What is the total cost?
5. A pencil case costs $6.25, a sandwich costs $4.65 and a muffin costs $2.10. What is the total cost?
6. A sandwich costs $6.30, a muffin costs $1.85 and a pencil case costs $4.20. What is the total cost?
7. A notebook costs $4.55, a T-shirt costs $17.00 and a muffin costs $2.45. What is the total cost?
8. A ruler costs $2.90, a pencil case costs $7.55 and a notebook costs $2.10. What is the total cost?
9. A T-shirt costs $14.15 and a ruler costs $2.80. What is the total cost?
10. A pen costs $1.70 and a bus ticket costs $2.75. What is the total cost?
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How it works
How the Money Maths Quiz Generator works
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Pick skills and difficulty
Choose the skills to practise, how hard, and how many questions.
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The quiz appears as you choose. Answer a few and check them to see the worked solutions.
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Worked example
What it makes
Three questions from a easier quiz on money, with the answers and worked solutions the quiz shows after checking.
1. A sandwich costs $4.45, an apple costs $0.85 and a comic costs $3.60. What is the total cost?
Options: $8.90 · $7.90 · $9.90 · $8.80
Answer: $8.90
Add the cents: 45 + 85 + 60 = 190 cents (1 dollar and 90 cents). Add the dollars: 4 + 0 + 3 = 7. Total: $8.90.
2. A drink costs $3.05 and a ruler costs $2.70. What is the total cost?
Options: $5.80 · $5.65 · $6.75 · $5.75
Answer: $5.75
Add the cents: 5 + 70 = 75 cents. Add the dollars: 3 + 2 = 5. Total: $5.75.
3. A pencil case costs $11.00, a notebook costs $4.20 and a ruler costs $1.85. What is the total cost?
Options: $18.05 · $17.05 · $16.05 · $16.95
Answer: $17.05
Add the cents: 0 + 20 + 85 = 105 cents (1 dollar and 5 cents). Add the dollars: 11 + 4 + 1 = 16. Total: $17.05.
Who it's for
Who uses it
Primary teachers
Practice with prices learners recognise.
Parents
Shopping maths that checks itself.
Tutors
Work on carrying cents into dollars.
Good to know
What to consider
- Prices are invented for practice and shown in dollars and cents; the maths is the same in any currency.
- Best-value questions compare the price of one item in each pack.
- Levels are difficulty bands, not school grades or a curriculum.
Questions
About the Money Maths Quiz Generator
Can I use pounds or euros?
Not yet: the questions use dollars.
How do I know the answers are right?
The questions are computed, not written by AI: each answer is worked out with exact arithmetic and checked again by a separate solver in our tests. Every question shows its worked solution after the learner checks their answers.
Can my students use it without an account?
Yes. Publish the Room and share the link: anyone with it can take the quiz, check their answers and read the worked solutions. You need a free account to keep and publish the Room.
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