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Printable Money Worksheets 2nd Grade in PDF: Counting Coins and Making Change

These free printable money worksheets give grade 2 students practice counting coins, adding up their value, and reading amounts in cents. Each worksheet is a downloadable PDF that comes with an answer sheet, so kids can check their own work as they go.

Students work with pictures of real coins to identify pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, add their combined value, and choose or fill in the correct amount. For the full range of money practice by grade, see Brighterly’s money worksheets hub.

Money Worksheets 2nd Grade: Free Download

Get started with these grade 2 money worksheets today. All you need to do is download the free PDF documents below; each one is available as its own file.

Counting Money with Coins

These worksheets use pictures of real coins so children can practice recognizing pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters and adding their values together. Problems ask students to total a group of coins in cents or choose the correct amount from a set of answer choices, building the coin-recognition skills grade 2 students need before moving on to larger dollar amounts.

How to Make Change

Once students can count a group of coins confidently, the next money skill is making change: figuring out how much money is left over after a purchase.

1. Find the total cost of the item being purchased.
2. Find the amount of money paid.
3. Subtract the cost from the amount paid.
4. The result is the change owed back.

Worked Example

A pencil costs 65¢. A student pays with a $1 bill (100¢).

• 100¢ − 65¢ = 35¢

More Money Worksheets

Once your child is confident with grade 2 money problems, explore more of Brighterly’s money practice:

• Money Worksheets 1st Grade
• Money Worksheets 3rd Grade
• Money Worksheets for Kindergarten
• Counting Money Worksheets 1st Grade
• Counting Money Worksheets 3rd Grade
• Counting Coins Worksheets
• Identify Coins Worksheets
• Adding Money Worksheets

What Kids Practice With These Money Worksheets

• Identifying pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
• Adding coin values to find a total amount
• Reading money problems in cents
• Answering multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank money questions
• Learning the steps for making change
• Checking work against an included answer sheet

Each worksheet includes an answer sheet, so students can check their own results without waiting for a teacher to grade the page. Working with real coin images instead of abstract numbers helps children connect the math to money they already recognize and use.

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FAQ

What money skills do these worksheets cover?

These worksheets focus on core grade 2 money skills: identifying coins such as pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, adding their values to find a total, and reading amounts in cents. The page also walks through making change step by step, so students see how coin counting connects to a real purchase rather than only naming coin values on their own.

What grade are these money worksheets for?

This set of money worksheets is written for grade 2 students who are building on basic coin recognition learned in earlier grades. Problems focus on adding coin values, reading totals in cents, and choosing the correct amount from a set of answer choices, matching the level where most second graders practice money math in class.

Do these worksheets include an answer key?

Yes, each money worksheet in this set comes with an answer sheet. Students can check their own results as soon as they finish a page, which helps them catch mistakes in adding coin values right away instead of waiting for a teacher to grade the assignment. This also makes the set easy to use for independent practice at home.

How is making change taught on this page?

This page walks through making change as a simple four-step process: find the cost, find the amount paid, subtract the cost from the amount paid, and the result is the change owed. A worked example using a 65¢ pencil and a $1 bill shows students exactly how the subtraction works before they apply the same steps on their own.

Are these money worksheets free and printable?

Yes, every worksheet in this set is free to download as a printable PDF, and no account or sign-up is required. Families can print the pages for hands-on practice with real paper and pencil, or complete them digitally if a printer isn’t available, since the questions work equally well either way.