Grade 2 Money Worksheets — Totals and Change to $10
Second grade is where money crosses the dollar line. Seven sub-skills are offered at this grade and the page opens on Counting Coins, where the level control steps from Coins of one value, to Two coin values, to Three coin values. Adding Prices totals two prices, then three shop items; Giving Change gives change from a five or a ten. Every sub-skill is its own sheet with three levels, so you choose the skill first and the level second. Every amount is a whole number of five-cent steps, so the arithmetic stays honest and the answers are always exact.
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Each one generates a different kind of question, with its own three levels and answer key.
- Counting CoinsAdd up a handful of coins to find how much money there is.
- Writing AmountsWrite money amounts with a dollar sign, and read them back in words.
- Making an AmountWork out how many coins it takes to make an exact amount.
- Adding PricesFind the total cost of two or three items.
- Giving ChangeWork out the change when a note is handed over.
- Comparing AmountsDecide which amount is more, and put amounts in order.
- Mixed Money ProblemsA mix of the grade's money skills, like an end-of-unit review.
What each level generates
Grade 2 counting coins — the exact skill behind each difficulty setting, straight from the generator.
- Level 1Coins of one value
- Level 2Two coin values
- Level 3Three coin values
Grade levels follow the progression common to most English-language curricula — not one specific national curriculum. Every level shows exactly what it generates, so you can check the fit with your own program. See the full scope & sequence →
Adding dollars and cents without losing the point
The new hurdle in Grade 2 is that cents can now add up past a hundred and turn into another dollar. A child who adds $3.60 and $2.70 as "three and two, sixty and seventy" needs a rule for the extra hundred cents. The cleanest fix is to treat the total in cents first — 360 and 270 make 630 — then rewrite it as $6.30. Once that regrouping is secure, the vertical layout with lined-up decimal points becomes a shortcut rather than a mystery.
The three-item level exists because two-item totals hide this problem too often; with three prices the cents almost always spill over. Encourage the same habit every time: line up the decimal points, add the cents column first, and carry a whole dollar when it appears.
Giving change from a note
Giving Change pays with a five dollar note or a ten dollar note, chosen at random across the sheet, so a child has to read the question rather than repeat one procedure. The shopkeeper's method still works best: from a $6.45 bill paid with a ten, count on five cents to $6.50, fifty cents to $7, then three dollars to $10, giving $3.55.
Watch for two classic slips. The first is answering with the total spent instead of the change, which usually means the question was skimmed. The second is dropping the cents entirely and answering in whole dollars. Ticking the answer key and having the child mark their own page catches both quickly, because a wrong answer is usually wrong in one of those two recognisable ways.
Frequently asked questions
▸What money skills are expected in Grade 2?
Reading and writing amounts in dollars and cents, adding two or three prices, and working out change from a note. These sheets keep every total under $10, and the Giving Change sheet works out the change from a $5 or $10 note.
▸How do you add money with dollars and cents?
Line up the decimal points, add the cents first, and carry a whole dollar whenever the cents pass one hundred. Adding in cents and converting back at the end works just as well and is easier to explain: 360 + 270 = 630, which is $6.30.
▸Are the answers always exact amounts?
Yes. Every price on these sheets is a whole number of cents in five-cent steps, so totals, differences and change are always exact amounts such as $4.85 or $7. There are no rounded or repeating answers anywhere.
▸Can I print the answer key separately?
Tick the answer key box and the answers are laid out on their own page, so you can keep them or hand them over for self-marking. Untick it and the worksheet prints with nothing to give the game away.