Drawing Coins Worksheet
This drawing coins worksheet asks 2nd grade students to count four groups of coins and then draw the fewest coins that make three given amounts. An answer key is included.
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Counting a handful of coins is harder than it looks. A second grader has to know what each coin is worth, put the coins in order, and then count on by different amounts. This Drawing Coins Worksheet builds both halves of that skill: students first count a group of coins and write the total, and then work backward and draw the coins that make a given amount. Working in both directions is what turns coin recognition into real money sense, and it is the exact reasoning students need before they ever handle dollars and cents notation.
This printable is ready to hand out. The first section shows four groups of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, drawn at their true relative sizes so a quarter really is bigger than a nickel and a dime really is the smallest coin on the page. Students count each group and write the total in the box. In the second section this drawing coins worksheet gives three amounts and an empty box for each one, and asks students to draw the fewest coins that make the amount. Because the fewest-coin answer is the only right one, the page can be checked quickly against the answer key on the second page.
What’s Included
- One printable worksheet page and one answer key page
- Four coin groups to count, with totals from 22¢ to 55¢
- Three draw-the-coins problems that ask for the fewest coins
- Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters at their true relative sizes
- A friendly clay piggy bank illustration
- A name and date line for easy classroom collection
Three things make this resource work in a second grade classroom. First, counting a mixed group forces students to start from the largest coin and count on by twenty-fives, tens and fives instead of counting everything by ones. Second, the fewest-coin task is a real problem to solve, not a fact to recall, so students who already know the coin values still have thinking to do. Third, drawing the answer means students have to choose which coins to use, which is the step a matching or multiple-choice counting coins worksheet never asks for. Together the two sections cover the reading and the producing side of the same standard.
Teachers and parents can take this further with almost no preparation. Put real coins in a cup and have students pull a small handful and count it aloud with a partner. Call out an amount and race to build it with the fewest coins. Set up a classroom store where every item is priced under fifty cents and students pay with exact change. Ask a student who finished early to find a second way to make the same amount, then compare how many coins each way took. Send the page home and count the change in a pocket or a car cup holder together.
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