Maths Resources

Australian Money - Piggy Bank Puzzles

Printable Money Games Puzzles – Children match the written money amount to the coins and notes.

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  • Ideal to use during numeracy rotation activities or as an independent task.
  • Children match the amounts of money to create a ‘piggy bank’ for each value.

How to use this teaching resource

  • Print, then cut each ‘piggy bank’ into the three puzzle parts. Laminate each puzzle part of the ‘piggy bank’. Continue until you have a class set of each value.
  • This set of money puzzles include the following values; 5c, 10c, 15c, 20c, 25c, 30c, 35c, 40c, 45c, 50c, 55c, 60c, 65c, 70c, 75c, 80c, 85c, 90c, 95c, $1, $1.50.
  • Children match the written value puzzle pieces to the puzzles pieces with the coins of the same amount to create their ‘piggy banks’ of that value.
  • Two puzzles for each value have been included in this resource.
  • What comes next? – Ask students to calculate the total of two ‘piggy banks’ of their choice.

Please note that this resource is a large file and may take extra time to download.

Downloads

Editable Piggy Bank Pigs - Word Version

Piggy Bank Puzzles - No Coins - PDF Version

Piggy Bank Puzzles - PDF Version

How to use this teaching resource

  • Again, these can be enlarge or reduced if like.
  • Print, Laminate and Cut out puzzles – children find the 2 coinage amounts to match each written amount (puzzles are self-correcting)
  • An ideal maths group / rotations activity.
  • The blank pdf piggies puzzles are ideal for children to place real or “play coins” on to represent the written amounts. (without cutting up as puzzles)
  • Other countries can add their own coinage pictures to the Microsoft Word blank piggies document.

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Australian Money Puzzles

Comments & Reviews

  • Great activity for year 1 and 2

    Comment by Amanda O on August 18, 2019 at 2:32 am

    • Hi Amanda,
      Thank you for your lovely feedback. We are so glad you are enjoying our resources.
      Kind regards,
      Emma

      Official comment by Emma Stuart on August 18, 2019 at 11:11 pm

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