Money Book Activity Grade Two & Three
Make money meaningful — a hands-on activity book that connects Australian currency to real-life problems.
This Money Book Activity for Grade 2 and Grade 3 students takes the confusion out of Australian money by putting it in context. Students work through activities involving counting coins and notes, making amounts, giving change, and solving money problems — building real-world financial literacy skills they'll use for life.
Bright, engaging and pitched perfectly for Year 2 and Year 3, this booklet is ideal for consolidating money concepts after explicit teaching.
Why teachers love it:
- Real-world relevance — money problems connect directly to everyday life
- Australian currency focus — uses actual Australian coins and notes
- Curriculum-aligned — targets Year 2 and Year 3 money concepts in the Australian Curriculum
- Booklet format — easy to use as a unit assessment, practice pack or take-home activity
Perfect for:
- Year 2 and Year 3 money and financial mathematics units
- Maths rotations and small group work
- Consolidation after teaching Australian money concepts
- End-of-unit assessment tasks
- Take-home practice booklets
What's included:
A printable money activity booklet for Year 2 and Year 3 students — covering counting Australian coins and notes, making amounts, and solving money word problems.
Because understanding money is one of the most important maths skills students will ever learn.
SPECIFICATIONS
Format: PDF, set up for A4 paper. Exactly what's inside is listed above.
Editing: This download is not editable. The PDF is flattened to protect the design and the artists' work we license.
Printing: Open the file in a PDF reader and choose 'Fit to page' or 'Actual size'. Do a test page on plain paper first — card, colour and black-and-white all print well.
Licence: One classroom, one teacher. Please don't share, resell or post the file online; buy an extra licence for each colleague who wants their own copy.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
You'll need a PDF reader on your device — the free Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most reliable. Double-click the downloaded file to open it.
If a page shows on screen but won't print properly, open it in Acrobat Reader, choose Print → Advanced → tick 'Print as image'.
Stuck? Contact us and we'll sort it out.
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It came as a ZIP file — how do I open it?
On a Mac, double-click it. On Windows, right-click and choose 'Extract All'. Your PDFs will be inside.
Can I print in colour or black and white?
Yes. Our resources are designed to work both ways; black-and-white versions look great on coloured card.
The download won't start on my school computer.
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