Money Worksheets

Quick answer: Money worksheets teach children to name US coins and bills, count coins, add amounts and make change. This page has 190 free printable money worksheets with answer keys for grades 1 to 4. Updated October 2026.

Money worksheets to print (PDF)

These money worksheets are a sample of the 19 printable PDFs in this section, from counting coins to making change. Click a picture for the PDF, or open one of the sets below.

Money is math children can hold

Coins are a great way to practice counting by 1s, 5s, 10s and 25s, and shopping turns subtraction into something real. The coins on these worksheets are simple drawings with their values printed on them, sized like the real coins: the dime is the smallest even though it is worth more than a penny or a nickel, which is exactly the thing children need to learn.

US coins

Counting a pile of coins

1. Sort the coins, biggest value first.
2. Count on: start with the quarters (25, 50), then dimes (60, 70), then nickels (75), then pennies (76, 77).
3. Write the total with the ¢ sign, or with $ and a decimal point for a dollar or more.

In the Common Core standards, grade 2 children solve word problems with dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies (2.MD.C.8).

What is in the money worksheets

There are 19 money worksheets in three sets, each with an answer key:

• Counting coins (Grades 1 and 2, 8 worksheets)
• Shopping and making change (Grades 2 and 3, 6 worksheets)
• Adding and subtracting dollars and cents (Grades 3 and 4, 5 worksheets)

Counting coins worksheets: the four coins

The coins on the counting coins worksheets are drawn to look like the real ones, with their value printed on them. The sizes and weights are from the U.S. Mint, and they show something children find odd: the dime is the smallest coin, but it is worth more than the penny and the nickel:

Wikipedia’s article on the coins of the United States dollar lists the coins that are made today, including the half dollar and the dollar coin.

Counting money worksheets grade 2: skip count by the coin

Counting money worksheets for grade 2 depend on skip counting. Each coin has a counting number, and a child can count a pile of one kind of coin by jumping in the right steps:

To count a mixed pile, sort it, start with the biggest value and count on: quarters, then dimes, then nickels, then pennies. The Common Core expects grade 2 children to solve problems with dollar bills and coins (2.MD.C.8).

How many ways can you make change?

There is more than one way to pay a given amount, and counting them is a good puzzle for older children. These numbers are counted with a computer program, which checks every combination of coins:

There are 13 ways to make 25 cents, but 242 ways to make a dollar, using only pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. This is why money worksheets ask for the fewest coins, a single answer, or for a combination with a certain number of coins.

Making change worksheets: count up

The easiest way to make change is to count up from the price to the amount paid, and not to subtract. A customer pays $5.00 for something that costs $3.65:

The change is $1.35. Making change worksheets with the count-up method let children practice without borrowing, and a store clerk uses the same method.

Money word problems: shopping and saving

Money word problems turn the skills above into stories, and children see why the skills matter. Money word problems for grades 2 and 3 are often about a shop, and they need one or two steps. Here are four, with the working:

Children should check the answer by estimating first: three notebooks at about $4 each are about $12, so $12.45 is sensible. The Common Core asks grade 2 children to solve word problems with dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies (2.MD.C.8), and uses the dollar sign and decimal point correctly.

Counting dollar bills and coins together

A mixed pile of coins and bills is counted from the biggest to the smallest value. Dollar bills are worth 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 dollars, so a child can count them by the bill value, then add the coins. A pile of two $5 bills, three quarters and four pennies is $10 + 75¢ + 4¢ = $10.79. The shopping and counting worksheets in this section use pictures of both bills and coins, so children practice with them side by side.

Adding money worksheets: line up the dots

Adding money worksheets use dollars and cents, which are decimals. Write the numbers in a column with the decimal points lined up, and add or subtract as with whole numbers. Four examples:

Always write the dollar sign in the answer, and two digits after the decimal point, such as $3.40 and not $3.4.

Free printable money worksheets and money practice

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