Printable Counting Money Worksheets
Printable counting money worksheets for 2nd and 3rd grade, with an answer key on every sheet. The sets below cover 4 different skills, so you can start where your child actually is. Available as visual guides and word problems.
Targeted Practice by Skill
About Counting Money
What this skill is
Counting money practices determining total values of coin and bill groups by ordering currency from highest value to lowest value and skip counting (25, 50, 60, 65, 66c).
When children learn it
Counting mixed coin and bill collections is mastered in 2nd grade, aligned to 2.MD.C.8.
Teaching Tips
- Sort plastic coin piles by value first: quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies.
- Touch coins while skip counting value out loud.
Common Mistakes
- Counting coins in random order rather than starting with largest values.
- Skip counting errors when transitioning from quarters (25s) to dimes (10s).