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2nd grade · Math · Unit 11 of 18

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.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: NY-2.MD.8 · counting a mix of coins and solving money problems with quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies, using the ¢ symbol

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 New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 11 of 18 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: New York State Education Department (NYSED)

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 1 quarter. How much money?

    $1
    $1
    $1
    25¢
    • $3.25
    • $3.10
    • $3.00
    • $4.25

  2. Question 2

    Ana has 3 dimes and 1 nickel. How much money is that?

    • 4¢
    • 30¢
    • 45¢
    • 35¢

  3. Question 3

    How much is one penny worth?

    • 50¢
    • 1¢
    • 25¢
    • 5¢

  4. Question 4

    How many nickels make a dime?

    • 7
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1

  5. Question 5

    How much money is this?

    25¢
    25¢
    10¢
    10¢
    5¢
    1¢
    • 81¢
    • 76¢
    • 86¢
    • 77¢

  6. Question 6

    Priya pays for a $4 book with a $5 bill. How much change?

    • $9
    • $1
    • $4
    • $2

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