Count coins and dollars: 2nd grade math
Word problems with $, quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies; $ and ¢ symbols. A free 2nd grade lesson plan, a question set with answers and a printable sheet with its key. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students can do this: word problems with $, quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies; $ and ¢ symbols.
Teach (10 min)
- A quarter is 25¢, a dime is 10¢, a nickel is 5¢ and a penny is 1¢.
- Start with the biggest coins and count up.
- Work one example on the board while students say each step aloud, then do one together.
Practise (15 min)
- Students work the printable sheet in pairs, then alone.
- Or practise it as a game with no sign-up: https://peabody.kids/math/whole.coins?lesson=2-coins&at=2
Exit ticket (5 min)
- Use the first three questions on the printable sheet as a slip.
Printable sheet
Name: ____________________ Date: ____________
Count coins and dollars (2nd grade)
- How many cents are these coins worth?
- How many cents are these coins worth?
- How many cents are these coins worth?
- How many cents are these coins worth?
- How many cents are these coins worth?
- How many cents are these coins worth?
- How many cents are these coins worth?
- How many cents are these coins worth?
- How many cents are these coins worth?
- How many cents are these coins worth?
- How many cents are these coins worth?
- How many cents are these coins worth?
Key
- 22¢
- 11¢
- 38¢
- 43¢
- 34¢
- 57¢
- 95¢
- 95¢
- 79¢
- 52¢
- 75¢
- 126¢
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