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What Did It Cost to Make? is a free printable Grade 2 math worksheet on adding the costs of the parts that make one thing, aligned to Common Core standard 2.MD.C.8. It prints 6 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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What Did It Cost to Make?

2.MD.C.8

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Read carefully, then work out the answer.

1.To make a bracelet, Jonah uses some string for 13¢, the beads for 17¢ and a clasp for 22¢. How much does it cost to make a bracelet?
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2.To make a birdhouse, Elsie uses the wood for 27¢, the nails for 27¢ and the paint for 28¢. How much does it cost to make a birdhouse?
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3.To make a birdhouse, Ravi uses the wood for 12¢, the nails for 22¢ and the paint for 24¢. How much does it cost to make a birdhouse?
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4.To make a birdhouse, Luis uses the wood for 28¢, the nails for 18¢ and the paint for 25¢. How much does it cost to make a birdhouse?
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5.To make a cup of lemonade, Jonah uses a lemon for 9¢, some sugar for 25¢ and a paper cup for 24¢. How much does it cost to make a cup of lemonade?
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6.To make a cup of lemonade, Freya uses a lemon for 26¢, some sugar for 29¢ and a paper cup for 21¢. How much does it cost to make a cup of lemonade?
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Answer key — What Did It Cost to Make?

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.13 + 17 = 30; 30 + 22 = 52; 52¢
  2. 2.27 + 27 = 54; 54 + 28 = 82; 82¢
  3. 3.12 + 22 = 34; 34 + 24 = 58; 58¢
  4. 4.28 + 18 = 46; 46 + 25 = 71; 71¢
  5. 5.9 + 25 = 34; 34 + 24 = 58; 58¢
  6. 6.26 + 29 = 55; 55 + 21 = 76; 76¢

Questions about What Did It Cost to Make?

What does the What Did It Cost to Make? worksheet cover?

It practices adding the costs of the parts that make one thing — 6 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core 2.MD.C.8: Count money and solve money problems. The instruction to students is “Read carefully, then work out the answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does What Did It Cost to Make? 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?

What Did It Cost to Make? 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 What Did It Cost to Make? come with an answer key?

Yes. All 6 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 What Did It Cost to Make? 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 What Did It Cost to Make? free to print and photocopy?

Yes. What Did It Cost to Make?, 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.

More practice for 2.MD.C.8

Count money and solve money problems.

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