15Free 2nd Grade Money Worksheets

Fifteen free 2nd grade money worksheets in the order I would actually use them. Start by counting coins with a method that sticks, then compare amounts, then bring in dollar bills and the dollar sign. From there the work flips around: instead of counting the coins you are given, choose the coins to make an amount, then work toward a whole dollar. Finish at the shop, with prices to add and story problems to solve.

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  1. Count-On Coin Trains: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet
  2. Bake Sale Coin Matching: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet
  3. Coin Jar Savings: Grade 2 Counting Money Worksheet
  4. School Store Do I Have Enough? Grade 2 Money Worksheet
  5. Compare Coin Amounts Money Worksheet for 2nd Grade
  6. Treasure Chest Coin Sort: Cut and Paste Money Worksheet
  7. Counting Coins and Dollar Bills: Grade 2 Money Worksheet
  8. Toy Shop Exact Price: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet
  9. Pet Shop Show It Two Ways: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet
  10. Mystery Missing Coin: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet
  11. Quarter Quest Coin Maze: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet
  12. Count Up to a Dollar: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet
  13. Garden Shop Dollar Pairs: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet
  14. Market Day Adding Cents: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet
  15. Lemonade Stand Money Word Problems: Grade 2 Worksheet

Every sheet in this set lines up with one second grade Common Core standard, 2.MD.C.8: solving word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies, using the $ and ¢ symbols correctly. The standard packs a lot into one line, which is why the set builds up to it. Counting and comparing come first, dollar bills and the dollar sign arrive in the middle, and the actual word problems are saved for the end.

If a child gets stuck partway through, go back to the coin trains. Nearly every mistake with money comes down to counting on from the wrong coin, and sorting the coins from biggest to smallest first fixes most of it.

Nine of the fifteen are plain black on white and download as true vector PDFs, so they print sharp and are light on ink for a class set. The other six are in color.

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Count-On Coin Trains: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet

Counting coins · 15 minutes · Grade 2
Count-On Coin Trains: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet worksheet preview

Begin here. Each train carries five coins already sorted from biggest to smallest, and the child counts on car by car, writing the running total under each one. A worked example at the top shows the whole method before the first train.

Why it goes first Start with the biggest coin and count on. That one habit carries every other sheet in the set, and the train makes it visible instead of something a child has to hold in their head.
02

Bake Sale Coin Matching: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet

Counting coins · 10 minutes · Grade 2
Bake Sale Coin Matching: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet worksheet preview

Five sets of coins and five bake sale treats with price tags. Count each set and draw a line to the treat it buys for the exact price. Now the coins arrive unsorted, so a child has to put them in order before counting on.

Why it works Every answer is already printed on a price tag, so the page checks itself. A total that matches nothing means a coin was miscounted, and the child finds it without being told.
03

Coin Jar Savings: Grade 2 Counting Money Worksheet

Counting coins · 15 minutes · Grade 2
Coin Jar Savings: Grade 2 Counting Money Worksheet worksheet preview

Four children's coin jars to count and total, then four questions that use those totals: who has the most, how much more one child has than another, and how much two of them have together.

Best for The step from counting to using what you counted. The last question goes past 80¢, so it doubles as a check on adding two-digit amounts.
04

School Store Do I Have Enough? Grade 2 Money Worksheet

Comparing amounts · 15 minutes · Grade 2
School Store Do I Have Enough? Grade 2 Money Worksheet worksheet preview

Six school supplies, each with a price and a row of coins. Count the coins, write the amount, and circle yes or no for whether it is enough. Three come out yes and three come out no.

Watch for The pencil is one cent short. A child who counts quickly circles yes, and it is the clearest small lesson in the set on counting every coin.
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Compare Coin Amounts Money Worksheet for 2nd Grade

Comparing amounts · 15 minutes · Grade 2
Compare Coin Amounts Money Worksheet for 2nd Grade worksheet preview

Five pairs of coin groups. Count both sides, write the amounts, and fill the circle with greater than, less than or equal to.

The interesting part Row four puts four coins against a single quarter, and the quarter wins. Children who compare by how many coins they see get caught, which is exactly the misconception worth surfacing.
06

Treasure Chest Coin Sort: Cut and Paste Money Worksheet

Comparing amounts · 20 minutes · Grade 2
Treasure Chest Coin Sort: Cut and Paste Money Worksheet worksheet preview

Eight coin cards to cut out, count and glue into one of two treasure chests: less than 50¢ or more than 50¢. The split is four and four.

Why it works Sorting has a built-in check. A chest that fills up early tells a child something needs another look. Card A, two quarters and a penny, lands just over the line at 51¢.
07

Counting Coins and Dollar Bills: Grade 2 Money Worksheet

Dollar bills · 15 minutes · Grade 2
Counting Coins and Dollar Bills: Grade 2 Money Worksheet worksheet preview

The first sheet with paper money. Six piggy bank totals mix one dollar bills with coins, and the child colors the bubble under the correct amount from four choices. Amounts with a bill are written in dollars, like $2.21, and the rest stay in cents.

Watch for The wrong choices are near misses like $2.12 for $2.21. It shows quickly whether a child is reading the dollar sign and decimal point or just matching digits.
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Toy Shop Exact Price: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet

Making amounts · 15 minutes · Grade 2
Toy Shop Exact Price: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet worksheet preview

Now the job flips. Six toys each have a price and a row of coins, and the child colors only the coins needed to pay the exact amount. Every row has at least one coin that should be left out.

Why it comes here Choosing which coins to use is harder than counting all of them, and it is what paying in a real store actually feels like.
09

Pet Shop Show It Two Ways: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet

Making amounts · 20 minutes · Grade 2
Pet Shop Show It Two Ways: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet worksheet preview

Five pet shop prices, each shown two different ways by drawing coins or a dollar bill. A 25¢ dog bone can be one quarter or five nickels, and the $1.00 pet bed can be a bill or four quarters.

Why it works It is the only sheet in the set with no single right answer. Seeing that one amount can be built many ways is the flexibility the rest of this unit depends on.
10

Mystery Missing Coin: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet

Making amounts · 15 minutes · Grade 2
Mystery Missing Coin: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet worksheet preview

Six addition sentences, each with one coin missing. The child works out which coin fills the gap, and every answer is a penny, nickel, dime or quarter.

Watch for In sentence 4 the missing coin comes first, so counting on from the left does not work. It is missing addend thinking, and it is worth naming as that.
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Quarter Quest Coin Maze: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet

Making amounts · 15 minutes · Grade 2
Quarter Quest Coin Maze: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet worksheet preview

A coin maze. Add the coins in each box and color only the ones worth exactly 25¢ to find the path from start to finish. Boxes worth 26¢ and 30¢ sit right beside the path.

Best for A Friday sheet that is still real practice. None of the seven boxes on the path contains a quarter, so it is a quiet lesson in how many ways there are to make one.
12

Count Up to a Dollar: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet

Making a dollar · 20 minutes · Grade 2
Count Up to a Dollar: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet worksheet preview

Eight sets of coins to total, then a second column asking how much more it would take to make $1.00. A hint reminds the child that $1.00 is 100¢.

What to point out The second column is subtraction from 100 in disguise. If a child struggles with it, try counting up from the total to 100 instead of taking away. It usually clicks.
13

Garden Shop Dollar Pairs: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet

Making a dollar · 15 minutes · Grade 2
Garden Shop Dollar Pairs: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet worksheet preview

Eight garden shop items with price tags. Find the four pairs that cost exactly $1.00 together, color each pair to match, and write the number sentences.

Best for Pairing with Count Up to a Dollar the same week. Pairs that make 100 are the money version of number bonds, and they are what makes giving change feel easy later.
14

Market Day Adding Cents: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet

At the shop · 15 minutes · Grade 2
Market Day Adding Cents: 2nd Grade Money Worksheet worksheet preview

A market stand price board and four shoppers. Copy each price into a box, add them up, and write what each shopper pays. There are no coins on this page at all.

Why it works It moves money from counting things to adding numbers, which is how prices work in an actual store, and it sets up the story problems that close the set.
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Lemonade Stand Money Word Problems: Grade 2 Worksheet

At the shop · 20 minutes · Grade 2
Lemonade Stand Money Word Problems: Grade 2 Worksheet worksheet preview

Five story problems built around a lemonade stand menu: adding prices, working out money left over, and deciding whether two quarters and a dime are enough for two lemonades.

Why it ends the set It pulls everything together. The last problem comes out exactly even, and talking through why that still counts as enough is a nice way to finish.

One more thing.

If your kids finish a unit and you're not sure what to do next, my honest advice: don't move on yet. Spend a week mixing these in as warm-ups. Fluency isn't a unit, it's a habit, and the sheet that builds it is usually the one they ask to do again.

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