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2nd grade · Math · Unit 12 of 17

Dollars & Cents

Count coins and bills

What your child practices

US money: pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and dollar bills. Counting a handful of coins, making an amount, and word problems with the ¢ and $ signs.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 2.24 · solving problems with dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies, using the $ and ¢ symbols

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Penny 1¢, nickel 5¢, dime 10¢, quarter 25¢, dollar $1 (100¢).
  2. Count the biggest coins first.
  3. Then count on with the smaller coins.

Example: A quarter, a dime, a nickel and 2 pennies. How much? 25¢, then 35¢, then 40¢. 2 pennies more: 41¢, 42¢. Answer: 42¢

Dollars & Cents in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 12 of 17 in 2nd grade Math, after Even, Odd and Ordinals and before Five-Minute Clock.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    3 dollar bills and 3 quarters. How much money?

    $1
    $1
    $1
    25¢
    25¢
    25¢
    • $3.75
    • $4.75
    • $3.50
    • $4.00

  2. Question 2

    Priya has $19. A friend gives Priya $18 more. How many dollars now?

    • $47
    • $1
    • $37
    • $38

  3. Question 3

    Lena has 2 dimes and 2 nickels. How much money is that?

    • 35¢
    • 40¢
    • 4¢
    • 30¢

  4. Question 4

    Make 30¢.

    1¢5¢10¢25¢

  5. Question 5

    How much money is this?

    25¢
    10¢
    5¢
    1¢
    • 42¢
    • 41¢
    • 36¢
    • 40¢

  6. Question 6

    Which coin is worth the most?

    • 5¢
    • 1¢
    • 25¢

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