NCERT Joyful Mathematics • Class 1 • Chapter 12
🪙 How Much Can We Spend Class 1 Worksheet
Explore NCERT Class 1 Maths Chapter 12 with a picture quiz, 10 online games and activities and five practice tasks. Count rupee values, make exact payments, compare prices and give change using clearly labelled play money.
📝 How Much Can We Spend Online Quiz for Class 1
Question 1/20 • Answered 0/20
What value is written on this play-money piece?
🎮 How Much Can We Spend Online Money Games
Make exact payments, return change, choose a basket, exchange values and sort money tokens.
1. 💌 Pay the Craft Stall
The craft card costs ₹7. Build an exact payment using ₹1, ₹2 and ₹5 tokens. Different combinations are accepted.
Payment: ₹0
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2. 🛒 Shopkeeper Change Counter
A customer pays ₹20 for a ₹13 item. Build the change using play-money tokens.
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3. 🎁 Plan a ₹14 Gift Basket
Your limit is ₹15. Choose exactly two different items costing ₹14 altogether. Tap again to remove an item.
Basket total: ₹0
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4. 🔄 Exchange ₹10 in Two Ways
First exchange ₹10 for two ₹5 pieces. Check. Then exchange it for five ₹2 pieces.
Use two ₹5 pieces
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5. 🏦 Sort the Money Tokens
Choose a token, then its matching value tray. Sort all six tokens.
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🧩 How Much Can We Spend Online Activities
Repair a bill, make an amount in two ways, order a purchase, fill a savings goal and run a pretend shop.
6. 🔧 Repair the Shop Bill
The items cost ₹6 and ₹9. The customer pays ₹20. Repair the total and the change.
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7. 🧩 Make ₹8 Two Different Ways
Build ₹8 and save the combination. Then build ₹8 with different pieces. Changing only the order does not count as a new combination.
First combination not saved yet.
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8. 🛍️ Put the Purchase in Order
The story says: check the price, pay the shopkeeper, collect change. Arrange those three cards by swapping two at a time.
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9. 🐷 Complete the ₹12 Savings Goal
The jar already contains ₹5. Add exactly enough to reach ₹12. Use any valid combination.
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10. 🎨 Run My Pretend Shop
Set an item price from ₹1 to ₹20. The customer pays ₹20. Type the correct change for your chosen price.
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✏️ Five Class 1 Money Practice Tasks
1. 👀 Explore a Money Collection
Add play-money pieces and observe their total. Clear the collection to start again.
Total: ₹0
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2. ✍️ Write the Total Value
Add the labelled rupee values.
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3. 🔎 Find the Extra Money Needed
You have ₹6. The item costs ₹11. How much more is needed?
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4. ⚖️ Compare the Wallets
Which wallet has the greater value?
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5. 🛒 Check the Change
Pay ₹15 for a ₹9 item. How many rupees should be returned?
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📖 How Much Can We Spend Class 1 Chapter 12 Guide
Read the money worksheet learning guide
This How Much Can We Spend Class 1 worksheet supports Chapter 12 of NCERT Joyful Mathematics. Children connect Indian rupee values with counting, addition, subtraction and pretend shopping. Use the existing worksheet download option on this page for paper practice alongside the online quiz and games.
Read the value written on each money piece, then add the values. Counting the pieces alone does not tell the amount: two ₹5 pieces have a total value of ₹10. The diagrams use simplified play-money tokens, not reproductions of actual currency designs. Prices are invented for the learning activities.
An exact payment equals the price. If the amount paid is greater than the price, subtract the price to find the change. If a wallet contains less than the price, find how much more is needed. Always distinguish the price, amount paid and money returned.
The same amount can be made using different combinations. Exchange play-money values without changing the total and compare wallets by value rather than by the number of pieces. In a shopping task, add the selected prices and compare the total with the stated spending limit.
💡 Money Learning Tips
For Parents and Teachers
- Use labelled play money and small manageable amounts.
- Ask for the value of each piece before the total.
- Separate the price, amount paid and change.
- Invite more than one valid combination for the same amount.
For Students
- Read each rupee value.
- Add values rather than only counting pieces.
- Check the price before paying.
- Keep track of the amount you give.
- Check that price plus change equals the payment.
- Compare your shopping total with your limit.
❓ How Much Can We Spend Worksheet FAQs
Which NCERT chapter is How Much Can We Spend?
It is Chapter 12 of NCERT Joyful Mathematics for Class 1. It introduces money through values, combinations and shopping situations.
How do I teach children to count money?
Read each labelled value and add the amounts. Begin with a few play-money pieces before mixing more values.
Does having more coins always mean having more money?
No. Compare the sum of their values. A small number of higher-value pieces can be worth more than many lower-value pieces.
What is an exact payment?
It is a payment whose total equals the price, so no change is needed.
How can I explain change?
Change is the amount returned when the payment is greater than the price. Find it by subtracting the price from the payment.
Can the same amount be made in different ways?
Yes. For example, ₹10 can be made with two ₹5 pieces or five ₹2 pieces.
How can children check a shopping total?
Add the selected item prices, then compare the sum with the money available. Check change by adding it back to the cost.
Are these pictures real currency designs?
No. They are simplified, clearly labelled play-money models for learning rupee values.
🪙 Online How Much Can We Spend Quiz for Class 1
Read the values, make a payment and check the change.
📝 Online Quiz
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