Looking for FREE grocery shopping worksheets that build practical grocery store math, budgeting, consumer math, and money management skills? This free grocery shopping worksheet gives students realistic practice using an online grocery store page to find items and prices, follow a grocery list, calculate the total cost of groceries, stay within a budget, and make smart purchasing decisions.

In this Backyard Cookout grocery shopping activity, students use a realistic BrightMart grocery store page to shop for seven items for a family cookout. Prices are not provided on the worksheet—students must locate each item on the shopping page, find the correct price, record it, and calculate their total.

Then students subtract their purchases from a $30 grocery budget to determine how much money remains.

But the shopping doesn't stop there! Students return to the grocery store page, choose one additional item they can afford, record its price, and calculate their new remaining balance.

This extra step encourages students to think about what they can afford before making another purchase—an important real-world budgeting and independent living skill.

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Get 24 real-world grocery shopping activities and 12 realistic grocery shopping pages across both volumes. Students practice meal planning, finding grocery prices, adding purchases, checking budgets, calculating money left, and making everyday spending decisions.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

This FREE grocery shopping worksheet includes:

• 1 realistic BrightMart grocery shopping page
• 1 complete Backyard Cookout worksheet
• 7 grocery items to find and price
• A $30 grocery budget
• An additional affordable-item shopping challenge

Students shop for:

• Beef hot dogs (8 count)
• Hot dog buns (8 count)
• Ground beef (1 lb)
• Hamburger buns (8 count)
• Potato chips (10 oz)
• Watermelon (about 6 cups)
• Ketchup (20 oz)

The BrightMart shopping page includes these groceries along with additional items students can consider purchasing with their remaining money.

Students practice:

• Finding grocery items and prices
• Reading and following a grocery list
• Identifying products and package sizes
• Adding decimal money amounts
• Calculating the total cost of groceries
• Subtracting purchases from a grocery budget
• Calculating money left
• Choosing an additional affordable item
• Making practical purchasing decisions
• Using a calculator for everyday math

REAL-WORLD GROCERY STORE MATH

Rather than simply giving students a list of prices to add, this activity asks them to find the information they need first.

Students move between the grocery shopping page and worksheet much like they would use a store website, shopping app, grocery flyer, or grocery list when planning a real purchase.

After calculating their total, students must decide what else they can afford without exceeding their budget.

That additional shopping challenge makes this more than a basic money addition worksheet. Students practice locating information, reading prices, adding and subtracting money, budgeting, and making informed spending decisions—all within a familiar grocery shopping situation.

Students may use a calculator, allowing the focus to remain on practical grocery shopping and money management skills rather than computation alone.

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Take budgeting practice into another familiar real-world setting with 24 restaurant-based activities using 12 realistic menus. Students read menus, make meal choices, calculate costs, and work within a budget.

This is a great companion for students learning consumer math, functional math, money management, and independent living skills.

GREAT FOR

This free resource works well for:

• Consumer Math Curriculum
• Functional Math Curriculum
• Life Skills Curriculum
• Special Education
• Transition Programs
• Independent Living Skills
• Money Math
• Budgeting Practice
• Real-World Math
• Grocery Shopping Practice
• Personal Finance
• Homeschool
• Adult Education

Use it for independent work, small groups, math centers, intervention, special education instruction, transition programs, homeschool, or practical real-world math practice.

The age-appropriate design and consistent worksheet format make it especially useful for teens and young adults who benefit from concrete, functional practice with everyday money skills.

BUILD MORE GROCERY SHOPPING SKILLS

This free Backyard Cookout activity is a sample from Grocery Shopping Worksheets Volume 2, featuring 12 real-world shopping activities.

Students practice finding prices, calculating grocery totals, subtracting purchases from a budget, and selecting additional affordable items.

Grocery Shopping Worksheets Volume 2 — 12 Activities

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