Money worksheets
Aligned with Common Core 2.MD.C.8
Printable second-grade money worksheets: count coins to a dollar, count dollar bills, make amounts with the fewest coins, and money story problems with $ and ¢.
The worksheets
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Coins and Bills Chart
Quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies and $1, $5, $10 and $20 bills, with how to count them.
Count Coins to a Dollar
Mixed coins in no order, totaling less than a dollar.
Count Dollar Bills
Groups of $1, $5, $10 and $20 bills up to $100.
Make It with the Fewest Coins
Show amounts under a dollar with the fewest coins possible.
Money Story Problems
Short word problems with coins and dollars, adding and subtracting.
Print the whole packet
One copy of every sheet above, in order. Tap + for more copies (up to 10).
For the parent or teacher
What it is
Second graders count mixed coins up to a dollar, count dollar bills, and solve simple money story problems. Cents are written with ¢ after the number (45¢) and dollars with $ before the number ($5). Decimal money like $1.25 waits until later grades.
What comes next
Picture graphs and bar graphs, and later decimals and money in third grade.
How to teach it
- Sort coins from the biggest value to the smallest before counting.
- Count on, using skip counting. 25, 35, 45, 50, 51, 52.
- Use real coins and play store with prices under a dollar.
- Remind them that size doesn't tell value. A dime is small but worth more than a nickel.
Common mistakes
- Counting every coin as 1, or counting in the order the coins are lying.
- Thinking a nickel is worth more than a dime because it is bigger.
- Mixing up the symbols, like writing $45 for 45¢.