Money Teaching Resources
Bring Australian money and financial literacy concepts into your primary school classroom this year with worksheets, games and more resources designed to ensure your students can recognise and count coins and notes, understand the value of different currency denominations and so much more!
This money teacher resources collection is aligned with standards in the Australian maths curriculum, and you'll find everything you need to teach build primary students' understanding of financial transactions and decision-making.
Teaching about money for the very first time? Take a look at this guide from the expert teachers of Teach Starter to help you help your students with this real-world maths concept!
What Is Money? A Kid-Friendly Definition
There's an old saying that money makes the world go round, but what is money really? How do you explain it to your students? Here's a definition of money that we use with our own students!
Money is something that we use to exchange for goods or services.
For example, if you want to buy a new video game, you will need money to pay for it!
What Is a Dollar? A Kid-Friendly Definition
Dollar is another vocabulary word key to teaching students about money.
A dollar is the basic unit of money that Australians use every day.
Some other countries around the world, including the United States and Canada, also base their money system around the dollar.
To represent a dollar, we use a special symbol called the dollar sign, which looks like this: $.
What Is a Cent? A Kid-Friendly Definition
A cent is another unit of money that is used in Australia. It is equal to one hundredth of a dollar.
To represent a cent, we use a special symbol called the cent sign, which looks like this: ¢.
Australian Notes and Coins — Currency Explained
Currency is a word that we use to describe the form of money that we use to pay for things.
Here in Australia, our currency is made by the Royal Australian Mint and the Reserve Bank of Australia, which are special parts of the Australian government.
Australian currency can be made out of special paper that we call a banknote or note. Currency can also be made out of pieces of metal that we call coins.
These notes and coins each have numbers assigned to them that let us know their value. For example, an Australian dollar is equal to 100 cents.
So, what are the Australian coins and notes that your students should know about? Let's take a look!
Australian Coins
The Royal Australian Mint produces six different Australian coins, all of which we can use to purchase goods or pay for services. These include:
- 5 cent coin
- 10 cent coin
- 20 cent coin
- 50 cent coin
- 1 dollar coin
- 2 dollar coin
Australian Notes
There are currently 5 different Australian notes or banknotes that you may find in your piggybank or at the store.
These notes represent the following denominations:
- $5
- $10
- $20
- $50
- $100
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Decimals and Percentages Assessment
Assess students' knowledge of various decimals and percentages concepts with this four-page worksheet.
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Piggy Bank Pigs - Australian Coins
Piggy Bank Pigs are a fun, hands on way for students to learn each of the coins and how their values add up to a certain amount.
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Pocket Money Board Game
Use this pocket money board game to introduce your students to the concept of money management.
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Odd or Even Sorting Game (Coins)
Help your students reinforce their knowledge of odd and even numbers with this fun coin sorting activity.
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Multiply Those Toys!
An activity for students to use to consolidate their understanding of repeated addition as a way of representing multiplication.
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Loose Change (Coins and Notes) – Board Game
A board game to encourage students to learn about Australian coins and notes.
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Loose Change (Coins) – Board Game
A board game to encourage students to learn about Australian coins.
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Money Dominoes (Lower Years) – Game
Twenty-four domino cards using Australian currency.
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Coin Toss Active Game
An active, whole group game to play when learning coin recognition and counting money.
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I Have, Who Has? Game - Money (Australian Currency)
A whole-class game to help students when learning to count coins and notes.
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The People on Australian Banknotes — Classroom Posters
A set of posters outlining the various facts about the people represented on Australian banknotes.
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Money Card Games (Australian Currency) – Coins
A pack of money game instructions to teach your students about Australian Currency.
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Piggy Bank Activity Mat
An activity mat to practise counting and representing money.
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Money Playing Cards (Australian Currency) – Coins
A set of cards featuring Australian coin currency for learning about money and financial mathematics.
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New Zealand Money Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'New Zealand Money' display board.
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Australian Money Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Australian Money' display board.
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Money Matters Worksheet
A worksheet requiring different combinations of money to make the provided amount.
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Money and Financial Mathematics - Upper Years Interactive PowerPoint
An engaging 44 slide interactive PowerPoint to use in the Upper Years classroom when learning about money and financial mathematics
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QR Code Price Tags
A set 40 of QR Code price tags and a blank template to create your own.
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Money Bingo (New Zealand Currency)
32 different bingo cards using New Zealand coins and notes.
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Money Bingo – Australian Coins
32 different bingo cards using only coins.
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Dan's Digital World – Financial Maths Worksheets
Teach financial literacy to your students using this electronics store catalogue with accompanying worksheets.
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Money Bingo – Australian Currency
32 different bingo cards using notes and coins.
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New Zealand Coin Sheets
A sheet of New Zealand coins to use with games and activities.
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Coin Sheets (Australian Currency)
A sheet of coins to use with games and activities.
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What's it Worth? New Zealand Currency Game
Use this What's it Worth? game when learning about the value of coins.
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Money Match-Up Activity (New Zealand Currency)
An activity to help students recognise New Zealand coins and their combined amounts.
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Individual Coin Posters with Features (New Zealand Currency)
Individual educational posters depicting New Zealand coins.
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Picture Cards with Price Tags and Coins (New Zealand Currency)
A variety of different objects with price tags and coin cards.
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Individual Money Posters (New Zealand Currency)
Individual educational posters depicting New Zealand currency.
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My Recipe Rules - Measurement Worksheet
A worksheet using money and measurement concepts.
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Money Match-Up Game (New Zealand Currency)
A set of six cards to be matched up for each note and coin in New Zealand currency.