2nd Grade Money: Dollars and Coins Test Solutions and Scoring (PDF)
This money test answers for 2nd Grade covers money: dollars and coins (Common Core 2.MD.C.8), with a free PDF to print.
Use this answer key to score the test out of 20 points. Each solution shows a counting method and a scoring guide. Give partial credit when the method is right but the last step has a small slip.
Grade 2 · Common Core State Standards: 2.MD.C.8
Money test answers: worked solutions
Question 1 – Coin values [2 pts]
A = 25¢, B = 1¢, C = 10¢, D = 5¢.
Scoring: 0.5 point for each correct value.
Question 2 – Count the coins [2 pts]
\(25, 50, 60, 70, 80, 85, 86, 87\)
87¢
Scoring: 1 point for a correct counting method, 1 point for 87¢.
Question 3 – Bills and coins [2 pts]
Bills: \(10 + 5 + 1 + 1 = 17\) dollars. Quarters: \(25 + 25 = 50\) cents.
$17.50
Scoring: 1 point for the bills, 1 point for adding the quarters and writing $17.50.
Question 4 – Dollar facts [2 pts]
- \(100 \div 10 = 10\). 10 dimes
- One dollar is 4 quarters, so two dollars is \(4 + 4 = 8\). 8 quarters
Scoring: 1 point for each correct part.
Question 5 – Compare the money [2 pts]
Aisha: \(30 + 10 = 40\) cents. Liam: \(25 + 20 + 4 = 49\) cents.
\(49 – 40 = 9\)
Liam has 9¢ more.
Scoring: 1 point for both totals, 1 point for the difference and the name.
Question 6 – Find the change [2 pts]
\(100 – 73 = 27\)
27¢
Scoring: 1 point for a correct method (subtract or count up), 1 point for 27¢.
Question 7 – Two ways [2 pts]
Examples: 6 dimes (\(6 \times 10 = 60\)); 2 quarters and 1 dime (\(25 + 25 + 10 = 60\)); 1 quarter, 3 dimes and 1 nickel (\(25 + 30 + 5 = 60\)).
Scoring: 1 point for each group that really equals 60¢.
Question 8 – Saving for shoes [3 pts]
Money after earning: \(46 + 37 = 83\).
After shoes: \(83 – 59 = 24\).
$24
Scoring: 1 point for 83, 1 point for the subtraction, 1 point for $24.
Question 9 – Eraser price [3 pts]
Priya has 85¢.
\(90 – 85 = 5\)
5¢ more
Scoring: 2 points for the total 85¢, 1 point for 5¢.
Total score
20 points
Key facts behind this money test answers
- Penny 1¢, nickel 5¢, dime 10¢, quarter 25¢.
- 100 cents make 1 dollar: 4 quarters, 10 dimes or 20 nickels.
- Count the biggest coins first, then count on.
- Use ¢ for cents and $ with a dot for dollars and cents.
- To find change, count up from the price to the money paid.
How to use this money test answers
Score your test with the point values shown for each question. Then read the worked solution of every question where you lost points and note the method to review.
All Grade 2 chapters: Grade 2 math.
