3rd Grade Ordering Dollars and Cents Worksheet: Least to Greatest
Putting prices in order is a skill that children use every time they shop. This 3rd grade ordering dollars and cents worksheet has two parts on grid paper. In part 1, your child writes five lists from least to greatest, and in part 2, they write three lists from greatest to least. Each list has four or five prices, and a long blue box waits under each one for the answer. The prices go from $0.09 to $100.00. One list, with $88.12, $88.07, $88.19, $88.03 and $88.42, keeps the same dollars all through. A bag of gold coins hangs on a string beside the lists. Page two writes every list in order in pink.
How to sort the prices
First, your child compares the dollars and finds the smallest one. When two prices have the same dollars, they compare the cents. So in list 1a, $4.01 comes before $4.02, and the answer is $4.01, $4.02, $5.01, $5.21. In list 1d, all the prices start with $88, so only the cents decide the order: 03, 07, 12, 19 and 42.
In part 2, the order goes the other way, so list a starts with $7.00 and ends with $0.09. All eight answers in the key are right.
At the table: cross out as you go
Ask your child to find the smallest price, write it in the box and then cross it out in the list. Then they look for the smallest price that is left, and they keep going until every price is crossed out. This way, no price is skipped or written twice.
The page has slips worth fixing. Both instructions say "money amount", but "money amounts" is right. List 1c writes "$93. 56" with a stray space, and some lists end with an extra comma or period. Part 2 uses a, b and c on page one, but i, ii and iii on page two.
After the page: price tags at home
Write five prices on cards, such as $2.30, $2.03, $3.20, $0.99 and $2.99. Your child lines them up from least to greatest on the table, and then reverses the line. In the end, check all eight lists with the answer key on page two.
About this ordering dollars and cents page and its one-page answer key
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