2nd Grade Money: Dollars and Coins Worksheet Solutions (PDF)
This money practice solutions for 2nd Grade covers money: dollars and coins (Common Core 2.MD.C.8), with a free PDF to print.
Every solution shows the counting steps, so you can check each total coin by coin. Compare your answer with the bold line at the end of each solution.
Grade 2 · Common Core State Standards: 2.MD.C.8
Money practice solutions: exercises 1 to 10
Exercise 1 – Name the coins
A quarter is 25¢, a penny is 1¢, a dime is 10¢ and a nickel is 5¢.
A = 25¢, B = 1¢, C = 10¢, D = 5¢
Exercise 2 – Count the dimes
Count by tens: \(10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60\).
60¢
Exercise 3 – Count the nickels
Count by fives: \(5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35\).
35¢
Exercise 4 – Count the quarters
Count by 25s: \(25, 50, 75\).
75¢
Exercise 5 – Quarters, a dime and pennies
Count on: \(25, 50, 60, 61, 62, 63\).
63¢
Exercise 6 – Count the mixed coins
Count on: \(25, 35, 45, 55, 60, 65\).
65¢
Exercise 7 – Dimes, nickels and pennies
Three dimes: 30¢. Four nickels: 20¢. Four pennies: 4¢.
\(30 + 20 + 4 = 54\)
54¢
Exercise 8 – Quarters in a dollar
Count by 25s: \(25, 50, 75, 100\). That is 4 quarters.
4 quarters
Exercise 9 – Nickels in a dollar
\(100 \div 5 = 20\).
20 nickels
Exercise 10 – Count the bills
\(5 + 1 + 1 = 7\).
$7
Exercises 11 and up
Exercise 11 – Bills and quarters
Bills: \(10 + 5 = 15\) dollars. Quarters: 75¢, which is \(\$0.75\).
$15.75
Exercise 12 – Cents to dollars
275¢ is 200¢ and 75¢. 200¢ is $2.
$2.75
Exercise 13 – Dollars, dimes and a nickel
Bills: $3. Coins: \(10 + 10 + 5 = 25\) cents.
$3.25
Exercise 14 – Who has more?
Maya: \(25 + 25 + 10 + 10 = 70\) cents. Diego: \(25 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 45\) cents.
\(70 – 45 = 25\)
Maya has 25¢ more.
Exercise 15 – Can she buy it?
\(25 + 25 + 25 = 75\) and \(75 + 10 + 10 = 95\). She has 95¢.
\(95 – 90 = 5\)
Yes. She has 5¢ left.
Exercise 16 – Make 40 cents
Many answers work. Check that each way adds to 40¢.
Way 1: 4 dimes, \(10 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 40\).
Way 2: 1 quarter, 1 dime, 1 nickel, \(25 + 10 + 5 = 40\).
Example: 4 dimes; 1 quarter, 1 dime and 1 nickel
Exercise 17 – Pencil and eraser
\(35 + 28 = 63\).
63¢
Exercise 18 – Change from a dollar
Count up from 64: \(64 + 6 = 70\), \(70 + 30 = 100\). The jump is \(6 + 30 = 36\).
\(100 – 64 = 36\)
36¢
Exercise 19 – Change from a twenty
\(20 – 13 = 7\).
$7
Exercise 20 – How much more?
Nickels: \(8 \times 5 = 40\) cents. Dimes: \(3 \times 10 = 30\) cents. Total: \(40 + 30 = 70\) cents.
\(95 – 70 = 25\)
25¢ more
Exercise 21 – Shirt and hat
Spent: \(27 + 15 = 42\). Left: \(50 – 42 = 8\).
$8
Exercise 22 – More than a dollar?
Before: \(50 + 30 + 4 = 84\) cents. After: \(84 + 20 = 104\) cents.
104¢ is 100¢ and 4¢, so it is \(\$1.04\).
Yes. He has $1.04.
Exercise 23 – Piggy bank total
Quarters: \(4 \times 25 = 100\). Dimes: \(5 \times 10 = 50\). Nickels: \(6 \times 5 = 30\). Pennies: 7.
\(100 + 50 + 30 + 7 = 187\)
187¢ = $1.87
Exercise 24 – Lemonade money
\(34 + 28 = 62\).
$62
Key facts behind this money practice solutions
- 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 practice solutions
Cover each solution, solve the exercise again, then uncover it and compare every line. If your answer differs, find the first step that changed and redo the exercise from there.
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