How it works
These 2nd grade money worksheets count drawn quarters, dimes and nickels up to $1.00, such as 25¢ + 30¢ + 15¢ = 70¢. Other sheets add one-dollar and five-dollar bills and write totals with the dollar sign.
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Coins first, then bills
Begin with quarters and pennies, then quarters and dimes, where students must switch from counting by 25s to counting by 10s. The bill sheets come next. The one with one-dollar and five-dollar bills works as a counting bills worksheet on its own: 2 fives and 2 ones make $12.00.
Two ways to write an amount
Sheets in the first group end in a cent sign: 70¢. Sheets in the dollar sign group print $ before the blank, so 42¢ is written $0.42. For money worksheets grade 2 classes often need both, since grade 2 standards ask for the cent symbol, the dollar sign and the decimal point.
- Have students sort by saying the largest coin first: quarters, then dimes, nickels and pennies.
- Let them write the running total under each circle: 25, 35, 45, 50.
- Use Fewest dimes, nickels and pennies to 50¢ as a quick warm-up.
Questions and answers
What money skills are taught in 2nd grade?
Common Core standard 2.MD.8 asks for word problems with dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies, using $ and ¢. Texas standards 2.5(A) and 2.5(B) ask for the value of coins up to one dollar and for the cent symbol, dollar sign and decimal point.
Why do some answers start with $0?
Those sheets practice the dollar sign and decimal point on amounts under a dollar. 42¢ and $0.42 are the same amount; the zero holds the dollars place. The key shows the coins in cents and the total in dollars.
Do the sheets use half-dollars or dollar coins?
No. The coins are pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, and a dollar is always a bill, drawn as a plain rectangle marked $1 or $5. Every coin is a plain circle with its value on it.