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 17 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: Franklin D. Roosevelt is on the front, Abraham Lincoln is on the front, worth the same as 5 nickels, worth the same as 5 pennies

PennyNickelDimeQuarter

2.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: Abraham Lincoln is on the front, worth 1¢, the biggest of the four coins, the smallest and thinnest coin

PennyNickelDimeQuarter

3.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: the biggest of the four coins, 20 of them make a dollar, 4 of them make a dollar, worth 1¢

PennyNickelDimeQuarter

4.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: the only copper-colored coin, 10 of them make a dollar, worth 5¢, worth the same as 5 nickels

PennyNickelDimeQuarter

5.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: worth 1¢, worth 25¢, worth 5¢, Thomas Jefferson is on the front

PennyNickelDimeQuarter

LessonPrint · 2.MD.C.8 · Set 17 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Sort the Coins

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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