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 24 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: 10 of them make a dollar, the biggest of the four coins, Franklin D. Roosevelt is on the front, worth 1¢

PennyNickelDimeQuarter

2.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: Abraham Lincoln is on the front, George Washington is on the front, worth the same as 2 nickels, worth the same as 5 pennies

PennyNickelDimeQuarter

3.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: the biggest of the four coins, Thomas Jefferson is on the front, 100 of them make a dollar, worth 10¢

PennyNickelDimeQuarter

4.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: worth 5¢, the biggest of the four coins, Thomas Jefferson is on the front, the only copper-colored coin

PennyNickelDimeQuarter

5.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: 100 of them make a dollar, the smallest and thinnest coin, 10 of them make a dollar, worth 25¢

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LessonPrint · 2.MD.C.8 · Set 24 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Sort the Coins

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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