Counting Coins and Bills — Grade 2 Money Practice
Practice solving real-world word problems by adding dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, and writing totals using correct money symbols and notation.
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Three different problem sets — same skill, same layout, fresh numbers.
Preview — Set A
Read each word problem carefully, then write the total amount using the $ or ¢ symbol.
- 1.Mia has 2 quarters and 3 dimes. How much money does she have in all?
- 2.Jake put 1 dollar bill and 2 quarters into his piggy bank. How much money is in his piggy bank?
- 3.Lily has 3 nickels and 4 pennies. How much money does she have in all?
- 4.Sam found 1 quarter, 1 dime, and 1 nickel on the playground. How much money did he find in all?
- 5.Ava has 2 dollar bills and 3 quarters. How much money does she have in all?
- 6.Noah saved 1 dime, 2 nickels, and 5 pennies. How much money did he save in all?
- 7.Emma has 3 quarters and 2 dimes. How much money does she have in all?
- 8.Liam has 1 dollar bill, 1 quarter, and 1 dime. How much money does he have in all?
- 9.Sofia put 4 dimes and 3 nickels into her bank. How much money did she put in?
- 10.Carlos has 2 dollar bills, 1 quarter, and 4 pennies. How much money does he have in all?
- 11.Grace found 2 quarters, 1 nickel, and 2 pennies under her couch. How much money did she find in all?
- 12.Ben has 1 dollar bill and 3 dimes. How much money does he have in all?
- 13.Zoe earned 3 quarters, 2 dimes, and 1 penny doing chores. How much money did she earn in all?
- 14.Tyler has 2 dollar bills, 2 quarters, and 3 nickels. How much money does he have in all?
- 15.Chloe has 1 quarter, 3 dimes, and 4 nickels. How much money does she have in all?
- 16.Ryan saved 3 dollar bills, 1 quarter, and 2 dimes. How much money did he save in all?
- 17.Ella has 2 dimes, 3 nickels, and 7 pennies. How much money does she have in all?
- 18.Owen has 1 dollar bill, 2 quarters, 1 dime, and 3 pennies. How much money does he have in all?
- 19.Nora found 4 quarters and 2 dimes in her coat pocket. How much money did she find in all?
- 20.Lucas has 2 dollar bills, 3 quarters, and 5 pennies. How much money does he have in all?
- 21.Isabelle has 1 quarter, 4 dimes, and 6 pennies. How much money does she have in all?
- 22.Max has 3 dollar bills, 2 quarters, 1 dime, and 4 pennies. How much money does he have in all?
What this worksheet covers
22 story problems fill this word problems page; problem 8 asks "Liam has 1 dollar bill, 1 quarter, and 1 dime. How much…", and the sheet stays at that level throughout. Within that, every problem is set in a short situation, so the first decision is which operation it calls for and the quantities are amounts of money, so answers need a dollar or cent sign to be complete. Further down, problem 15 asks "Chloe has 1 quarter, 3 dimes, and 4 nickels. How much money…". Common Core 2.MD.8 is the slot this page fills.
Skills practised
The grade 2 time and money sequence covers reading a clock to five minutes, counting mixed coins and bills, and making change from a dollar; this page sits inside it. The skill on the page: counting Coins and Bills. To finish it, a student has to read a situation and choose an operation before computing and carry money notation through to the answer.
About the word problems format
Story problems are set one to a line with room to work underneath, problem 8, "Liam has 1 dollar bill, 1 quarter, and 1 dime. How much…" among them, and the key gives each of the 22 answers with its unit. Practice schedules, lunch money and movie times are the situations time and money were taught for.
Set A, Set B and Set C
Set A is the original MathSheetLab worksheet; Sets B and C keep its structure and redraw the numbers, with each answer recomputed rather than copied. Where Set A's problem 12 is "Ben has 1 dollar bill and 3 dimes. How much money does he…", Set B's is "Carla put 2 quarters, 2 dimes, and 4 nickels into a piggy…".
22 story problem(s) drawn from the 2.MD.8 context family (coin and bill counting stories) — parameters inferred from the standard and grade
How to use this worksheet
Five focused minutes beats twenty distracted ones at grade 2. Fold this word problems in half, do one part of the 22 problems today and the rest tomorrow, and let the student use fingers or counters if they want them. Use the key as a check, not as a grade; none of the 22 problems needs a score attached to be useful.
One mistake to watch for
Coins are counted by number rather than by value: three dimes and two quarters is "5 cents". Problem 15 on this grade 2 word problems page, "Chloe has 1 quarter, 3 dimes, and 4 nickels. How much money…", is where to look for it.
A coin is being treated as a unit of one.
Sort coins by type, count each type by its value, and write the running total.
Other grade 2 time and money formats
The same skill in the other formats available at this grade.
- Drill — Grade 2 Time & Money Drill, 24 problems
- Timed Drill — Grade 2 Time & Money Timed Drill, 60 problems
- Missing Number — Grade 2 Time & Money Missing Number, 24 problems
- Mixed Review — Grade 2 Time & Money Mixed Review, 24 problems
A step either side
The same format one grade down and one grade up — the easier sheet is often the faster fix when this one is not landing.
- Grade 1 Time & Money Word Problems — grade 1, 8 problems
- Telling Time & Adding Time Intervals — Grade 3 Practice — grade 3, 20 problems
Word Problems sheets in other grade 2 topics
Six PDFs, no sign-up: three versions of this grade 2 time and money word problems and three answer keys, each 22 problems long.