Coins worksheets
Printable coin worksheets: naming pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, and counting groups of coins.
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Coin Chart
Penny, nickel, dime and quarter: what they look like, what they are worth and what they equal.
Name the Coins
Match each coin to its value, then write what each one is worth.
Count the Coins
Groups of pennies, nickels and dimes to count, with boxes for the total.
Count Coins with Quarters
Groups of coins that include quarters, for kids who are ready for a challenge.
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What it is
Kids learn to tell the four US coins apart and know what each is worth. A penny is 1 cent, a nickel 5 cents, a dime 10 cents and a quarter 25 cents. Then they count small groups of coins by starting with the biggest one and counting on. Common Core puts coins in 2nd grade (2.MD.C.8), but many first-grade classrooms start them early, so these sheets are a head start.
What comes next
In second grade, counting coins and bills and solving money word problems.
How to teach it
- Hand your child real coins to look at and sort. Feel the smooth edge on pennies and nickels and the bumpy edge on dimes and quarters.
- Point out that size doesn't tell value. The dime is the smallest coin but it's worth more than a penny or a nickel.
- Practice skip counting by 5s and 10s first.
- To count a group, start with the coin worth the most and count on. Dime, nickel, penny is 10, 15, 16.
Common mistakes
- Thinking a nickel is worth more than a dime because it's bigger.
- Counting each coin as 1 instead of by its value.
- Starting with the pennies, which makes counting on much harder.