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Sort the Coins is a free printable Grade 2 math worksheet on telling coins apart by who is on them and what they are worth, aligned to Common Core standard 2.MD.C.8. It prints 5 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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Sort the Coins

2.MD.C.8

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Sort each one into the right box.

1.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: 4 of them make a dollar, worth 10¢, worth the same as 2 nickels, worth the same as 5 nickels

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2.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: worth 5¢, George Washington is on the front, worth the same as 5 nickels, Abraham Lincoln is on the front

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3.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: worth 25¢, 10 of them make a dollar, worth 10¢, the biggest of the four coins

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4.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: worth the same as 2 nickels, Thomas Jefferson is on the front, 20 of them make a dollar, worth 10¢

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5.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: Franklin D. Roosevelt is on the front, 20 of them make a dollar, worth 1¢, 100 of them make a dollar

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

Answer key — Sort the Coins

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Penny: —; Nickel: —; Dime: worth 10¢, worth the same as 2 nickels; Quarter: 4 of them make a dollar, worth the same as 5 nickels
  2. 2.Penny: Abraham Lincoln is on the front; Nickel: worth 5¢; Dime: —; Quarter: George Washington is on the front, worth the same as 5 nickels
  3. 3.Penny: —; Nickel: —; Dime: 10 of them make a dollar, worth 10¢; Quarter: worth 25¢, the biggest of the four coins
  4. 4.Penny: —; Nickel: Thomas Jefferson is on the front, 20 of them make a dollar; Dime: worth the same as 2 nickels, worth 10¢; Quarter: —
  5. 5.Penny: worth 1¢, 100 of them make a dollar; Nickel: 20 of them make a dollar; Dime: Franklin D. Roosevelt is on the front; Quarter: —

Questions about Sort the Coins

What does the Sort the Coins worksheet cover?

It practices telling coins apart by who is on them and what they are worth — 5 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core 2.MD.C.8: Count money and solve money problems. The instruction to students is “Sort each one into the right box”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Sort the Coins 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?

Sort the Coins 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 Sort the Coins come with an answer key?

Yes. All 5 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 Sort the Coins 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 Sort the Coins free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Sort the Coins, 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.

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