MoneyCoins
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Count the money in each problem. Write the total amount.
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Counting coins worksheets
Coins are the first money a child counts, and the trick is that their sizes and values disagree — a dime is smaller than a nickel and worth more. These free printable sheets show six groups of US coins to total.
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Counting coins
The answer key prints on a separate page.
What's on this sheet
Each coin is drawn distinct and labeled with its value, so the counting does not depend on recognizing a tiny portrait. The efficient way is to sort by value and count the largest first — quarters, then dimes, then nickels, then pennies — skip-counting each kind before combining, which is exactly the strategy the page rewards.
Why this sheet works
The six groups vary their coins and totals without asking for the fewest possible pieces or hiding a second puzzle inside the counting. Writing the total in dollars and cents connects the handful of coins to the decimal point a child meets everywhere else in money.
How this one works
One question from this sheet, worked through a step at a time.
Count the money
2 ×5¢= 10¢
2 ×1¢= 2¢
2 × 5¢→10¢
2 × 1¢→12¢
2 × 5¢→10¢
2 × 1¢→12¢
12¢
- Sort them BIGGEST first. Counting a pile in whatever order it lands in means holding an awkward running total; starting big keeps every step easy.
- Then count on, one group at a time: 10¢, then 12¢.
- Altogether 12¢.