Free Shopping Math Worksheets | Role Play at the Bookstore

Shopping math worksheets were one of the most practical tools we used for teaching real-life budgeting skills at home.

My son loved the idea of “buying” books from a pretend bookstore, and it gave us a natural way to talk about money without making it feel like a formal lesson.

These money worksheets mix basic math with decision-making, making them perfect for early financial literacy, especially if your child enjoys hands-on activities.

Printable shopping math worksheets for kids featuring play money, a bookstore theme, and budgeting questions like "What book is most expensive?"

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What’s Included in These Shopping Math Worksheets

This free printable set includes four pages that make budgeting practice feel more like play:

A colorful cover page (optional to print)
A toy money sheet with coins and bills
A “bookstore shelf” showing 20 children’s books with current prices
A worksheet with 16 real-world shopping questions

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Printable play money sheet with illustrated U.S. currency, including $1, $5, and $10 bills and various coins like pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. Real coins are placed beside the sheet for comparison, and green gem counters add a playful touch.

How to Use the Worksheets

Print all four pages (you might want extra copies of the toy money). Laminating the money sheet can help if you plan to reuse it.

Kids start by browsing a pretend bookstore filled with familiar book titles and prices. Then they use the question sheet to solve budgeting and comparison problems like comparing prices, budgeting under $10, calculating totals, and making change.

We used a composition notebook for working out the answers, but scratch paper works just as well.

A colorful worksheet showing a cartoon bookstore with a shelf of books. The page includes a price list of various books such as Harry Potter, Magic Tree House, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid, with their respective prices. The books are shown in an open "catalog" style, with two pages listing the titles and prices.

Sample Questions Kids Will Solve

What is the most expensive book?
Which book costs $11.90?
How many books can I buy for $10?
What book is more expensive—Diary of a Wimpy Kid or Amelia Bedelia?
What’s the total cost if I buy two of these titles?
What change would I get if I paid with $10?

If you’re using the printable toy money, have kids hand over the right amount or show the change. For extra durability, you can also substitute in your favorite pretend toy money.

Want to extend the lesson? Try our identify coins worksheet or money memory game for more hands-on learning.

Black and white worksheet with 18 math word problems related to book prices, designed to pair with a pretend bookstore shopping activity. Questions include comparing book prices, calculating change, identifying the most and least expensive books, and solving word problems involving addition and budgeting with a $10 limit. A copy of Diary of a Wimpy Kid is partially visible beside the worksheet.

More Ways to Teach Kids About Money

If your kids enjoyed these math shopping worksheets, you might also like pairing them with a few of our favorite books about money for younger learners:

Money Ninja – A simple, engaging intro to saving, spending, and donating.
The Everything Kids Money Book – Great for upper elementary kids ready to learn how banks, credit, and budgeting work.
National Geographic Kids Everything Money – Packed with visuals and bite-sized facts for curious readers.

For more hands-on learning, these worksheets also work well alongside our favorite money board games for kids.

And if you’re teaching older students, we highly recommend the MoneyTime curriculum, our top pick for financial literacy in middle school. You can read more in our MoneyTime review.

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Last Updated on 9 July 2025 by Clare Brown