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 18 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

NameDate

Sort each one into the right box.

1.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: 100 of them make a dollar, 20 of them make a dollar, the only copper-colored coin, Thomas Jefferson is on the front

PennyNickelDimeQuarter

2.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: worth 10¢, worth the same as 5 pennies, Franklin D. Roosevelt is on the front, the only copper-colored coin

PennyNickelDimeQuarter

3.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: worth 10¢, 4 of them make a dollar, the biggest of the four coins, 10 of them make a dollar

PennyNickelDimeQuarter

4.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: the smallest and thinnest coin, the only copper-colored coin, worth the same as 5 pennies, worth 10¢

PennyNickelDimeQuarter

5.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: the biggest of the four coins, worth 10¢, 4 of them make a dollar, Franklin D. Roosevelt is on the front

PennyNickelDimeQuarter

LessonPrint · 2.MD.C.8 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Sort the Coins

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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