Canadian Money Game
Money Run is a free Canadian money game for counting coins and making change, grades 1-6, played in a web browser on a desktop or laptop, with no account, no sign-in and nothing to install. One click per coin set. Money Run opens with only that money on the rail: a crew member steps up to the canteen till with an order, and the student drops coins and bills into the tray until it reaches the amount exactly. On the "give change" links the customer hands over a bill instead, and the student builds the change they get back. It uses real Canadian money: nickels, dimes, quarters, loonies, toonies and the $5, $10 and $20 bills, drawn to their real sizes, and no pennies, so every price ends in 0 or 5.
Pick the money, press play
Nickels, dimes and quarters
Amounts up to 95¢ with the three silver coins. The dime is smaller than the nickel and worth more, and the coins are drawn to their real sizes, so that is the thing to watch.
5¢ nickel, 10¢ dime, 25¢ quarter
All the coins, up to $5
Loonies and toonies join the silver coins. Amounts up to $5, so most orders take a mix of dollars and cents.
5¢, 10¢, 25¢, $1 loonie, $2 toonie
Coins and bills, up to $20
The $5, $10 and $20 bills join the coins. Amounts up to $20.
every coin plus $5, $10 and $20 bills
Coins and bills, up to $50
The biggest amounts in the game, up to $50, with every coin and bill on the rail.
every coin plus $5, $10 and $20 bills
Or a whole grade
Grade 1-2: count the coins
Nickels, dimes and quarters, amounts under a dollar. Every amount is a different mix of the same three coins.
Play this setGrade 2-3: dollars and cents
Loonies, toonies and the silver coins, amounts up to $5. A bonus for the fewest coins, but any exact amount counts.
Play this setGrade 3-4: making change
The customer hands over a bill or a few dollars; the student builds the change they get back.
Play this setGrade 4-6: change from a big bill
Change from $10, $20 and up, paid back in coins and bills.
Play this set
Your own mix, one link for the class
The link opens Money Run with just that mix. Saved settings on a student's computer are left alone.
Make the amount: the order shows a price and the student pays it exactly. Give change: the customer pays with a bigger amount and the student counts back the change. A bonus goes to paying with the fewest pieces, but any exact amount counts. If a coin set cannot make anything in the range (bills only, under a dollar), the game falls back to coins rather than stall.
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Questions teachers ask
- Is it free?
- Yes. Money Run is one of the 12 games on the Arcade Deck, which is free to play with no account and nothing to install. The ten rooms on the Promenade are for members; nothing on this page needs one.
- Is it Canadian money or US money?
- Canadian only: nickel, dime, quarter, loonie, toonie and the $5, $10 and $20 bills. There is no penny, because Canada stopped making it in 2013 and cash rounds to 5¢. If you teach US coins, this game is not the right fit.
- What do students need?
- A desktop or laptop computer and an up-to-date browser. Click a coin or bill on the rail to drop it in the tray, or press the number keys 1 to 8.
- Can I pick the money and the amounts?
- Yes. Pick the coins, the amount range and the job in the picker above and you get one link that opens Money Run with that mix. The mix lives in the link itself; we do not store anything.
- Does it go too fast for younger students?
- It opens on Rookie, the slowest setting, with a relaxed countdown and a running total on screen. Teacher Setup in the game changes the speed, the helpers and whether it shows the answer after a miss.
- Which curriculum does it fit?
- Counting and comparing coins and bills, showing the same amount in different ways, and working out change for a cash purchase. That is the money part of the Financial Literacy strand in the Ontario math curriculum for the primary grades, and the money outcomes in the other provinces. It does not cover budgeting, saving, sales tax or methods of payment.
- Do students sign in, or does it collect anything?
- No sign-in and no student accounts. There are no ad trackers. See the privacy page for the details. Privacy.
- Who makes Starship Arcade?
- Starship Arcade is a small independent studio in Ontario. The games are built with AI and tested before they ship.