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Money Worksheets: Coins and Counting Coins

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Coin pages for 1st grade: a coins chart, name the coins, coin values, count pennies, nickels and dimes, count mixed coins, compare amounts and pay for toys.

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Coins chart, names and values

Count one kind of coin

Count mixed coins

Use money

Print at 100% (actual size) for the cleanest tracing lines.

About these money worksheets

Money brings counting to life. First graders learn the names and values of the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, then count coins by ones, fives and tens. Counting dimes and pennies is also great place value practice: 3 dimes and 4 pennies is 3 tens and 4 ones, 34 cents.

Start with the Coins Chart. Each coin is shown twice, once as a labeled coin with its value and once as a picture of the real back, with notes on color, size and edge. Then children name coins, match each coin to its value, sort and count a pile of coins, and count up rows of coins with a box under each coin for counting on.

Coins are drawn in black and white at their true sizes compared with each other: the dime is the smallest, the quarter the biggest, and the dime and quarter have ridged edges. Counting pages start with labeled coins and move to unlabeled coins, then add quarters for children who are ready. Every page with right answers has an answer key.

Standards

  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.C.8Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. Example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have?
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.A.1Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones. Understand the following as special cases:
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.3Compare two two-digit numbers based on meanings of the tens and ones digits, recording the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, and <.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.C.4Add within 100, including adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number, and adding a two-digit number and a multiple of 10, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used. Understand that in adding two-digit numbers, one adds tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose a ten.

How to use them

  1. Use real coins with the chart. Let your child feel the ridged edge of a dime and the smooth edge of a nickel, and notice that the dime is smaller but worth more.
  2. On counting pages, have your child touch each coin and say the running total out loud: 10, 20, 25, 26, 27. The boxes under the coins are for writing that count.
  3. Teach "biggest coins first." Counting dimes, then nickels, then pennies is easier than counting them mixed up.
  4. "Which Is More Money?" is a good talk page: two dimes are more than six pennies even though there are fewer coins.
  5. For "Do You Have Enough?" count the coins first, then compare the total to the price tag.

Teaching tips

  • Children often think bigger coins are worth more. Keep the dime and nickel side by side and remind them the dime is small but worth 10 cents.
  • If counting by 5s is shaky, practice the count 5, 10, 15, 20 out loud before starting the nickel page.
  • Switching from counting by tens to counting on by ones is the hard part of mixed coins. Pause at the switch and say, "Now we count by ones."
  • The answer key for "Draw Coins to Show It" shows the fewest coins. Any coins that make the right amount are correct.
  • Coins print in black and white, so the penny is shaded light gray to stand for copper.

Questions teachers and parents ask

What money skills do 1st graders learn?

Most first graders learn to name the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, know what each is worth, and count small groups of coins, starting with pennies, nickels and dimes. Counting dimes and pennies also practices tens and ones.

Which standard covers money?

The money standard (2.MD.C.8) is in 2nd grade, but many schools start coins in 1st grade. These pages also practice the 1st grade counting and place value standards.

Are the coins drawn to size?

Yes. The coins are drawn at their true sizes compared with each other, and the chart shows them at real size too, so the dime is the smallest and the quarter is the biggest.

Why are some coins labeled and some not?

Labeled coins ("10¢") help children who are still learning values. "Count the Coins B" shows the real coin designs with no labels, the next step toward counting real coins.

Do the money worksheets have answer keys?

Yes. Every page with right answers has an answer key on page 2, including the running count under each coin.