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How Much More Is Needed? is a free printable Grade 2 math worksheet on the difference between what you have and the price, aligned to Common Core standard 2.MD.C.8. It prints 12 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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How Much More Is Needed?

2.MD.C.8

NameDate

Work out each answer.

1.22¢ + ___ = 85¢
2.39¢ + ___ = 44¢
3.32¢ + ___ = 58¢
4.32¢ + ___ = 90¢
5.20¢ + ___ = 45¢
6.46¢ + ___ = 56¢
7.59¢ + ___ = 98¢
8.88¢ + ___ = 95¢
9.28¢ + ___ = 89¢
10.67¢ + ___ = 99¢
11.53¢ + ___ = 76¢
12.26¢ + ___ = 41¢

LessonPrint · 2.MD.C.8 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — How Much More Is Needed?

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.63¢
  2. 2.5¢
  3. 3.26¢
  4. 4.58¢
  5. 5.25¢
  6. 6.10¢
  7. 7.39¢
  8. 8.7¢
  9. 9.61¢
  10. 10.32¢
  11. 11.23¢
  12. 12.15¢

Questions about How Much More Is Needed?

What does the How Much More Is Needed? worksheet cover?

It practices the difference between what you have and the price — 12 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core 2.MD.C.8: Count money and solve money problems. The instruction to students is “Work out each answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does How Much More Is Needed? practice?

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.C.8 — 2.MD.C.8, under Measurement & Data for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

How Much More Is Needed? is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on 2.MD.C.8, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does How Much More Is Needed? come with an answer key?

Yes. All 12 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of How Much More Is Needed? can I print?

25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is How Much More Is Needed? free to print and photocopy?

Yes. How Much More Is Needed?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

More practice for 2.MD.C.8

Count money and solve money problems.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 2.MD.C.8 of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.