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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Money Bingo – Australian Coins
32 different bingo cards using only coins.
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Calculating Discounts and Sale Price Teaching Slides
Teach your students how to calculate discounts and sale prices using fractions and decimals with this comprehensive teaching presentation.
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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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From Trade to Currency Comic – Template
A comic strip activity that explores how people progressed from trade to currency.
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Ordering Australian Coins – Worksheet
A worksheet for students to practise ordering Australian coins.
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Counting Coins Worksheet
A counting worksheet using Australian coins.
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Money Place Value Chart Activity Set
‘Bank’ on this money place value chart activity set to make teaching decimal concepts a breeze!
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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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Picture Cards with Price Tags and Coins (Australian Currency)
A variety of different objects with price tags and coin cards.
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Australian Money Word Search with Solution
A word search to help your students to learn what the Australian currency looks like and their corresponding names.
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Money Word Problems Addition and Subtraction Board Game (American Money)
Download this money word problems addition and subtraction board game for a fun way to practise double-digit operations using real-world scenarios.
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Memory Matcher PowerPoint – Australian Coins and Notes
An interactive memory match up game to consolidate students' recognition of Australian coins and notes.
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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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Coin Sheets (Australian Currency)
A sheet of coins to use with games and activities.
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Price Tags
Price tags for classroom display.
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Money Dominoes (Australian Currency)
Forty cards for dominoes using Australian currency.
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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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Money Dominoes (Lower Years) – Game
Twenty-four domino cards using Australian currency.
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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 Matters Worksheet
A worksheet requiring different combinations of money to make the provided amount.
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Individual Australian Coin Posters with Features
Individual educational posters depicting Australia coins.
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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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Money Card Games (Australian Currency) – Coins
A pack of money game instructions to teach your students about Australian Currency.
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Cover Up! - Addition Facts Game
A game for practising addition fact strategies.
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New Zealand Coin Sheets
A sheet of New Zealand coins to use with games and activities.
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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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My Recipe Rules - Measurement Worksheet
A worksheet using money and measurement concepts.
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Roll Me a Discount! Board Game
Use this printable interactive dice game to consolidate understanding of discounts and sale price.
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Coin Card Memory Game
Students concrete their understanding of Australian Coins and their values with this fun Coin Card Memory Game.
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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.