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.

Set 10 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

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: 20 of them make a dollar, 100 of them make a dollar, the biggest of the four coins, worth 10¢

PennyNickelDimeQuarter

2.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: worth 10¢, the only copper-colored coin, worth the same as 5 nickels, Thomas Jefferson is on the front

PennyNickelDimeQuarter

3.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: the smallest and thinnest coin, Franklin D. Roosevelt is on the front, Abraham Lincoln is on the front, 10 of them make a dollar

PennyNickelDimeQuarter

4.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: 10 of them make a dollar, the only copper-colored coin, worth 10¢, worth 25¢

PennyNickelDimeQuarter

5.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: 10 of them make a dollar, Abraham Lincoln is on the front, worth 1¢, 100 of them make a dollar

PennyNickelDimeQuarter

LessonPrint · 2.MD.C.8 · Set 10 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Sort the Coins

Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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