Making Change Worksheets for 2nd Grade

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Grade 2MathTime & MoneyCCSS 2.MD.C.8

Skill: Finding the change from a purchase with coins and dollar amounts

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Teaching tips and what to try next

Suits second graders who can count mixed coins from Counting Coins and are ready to spend and get change. Counting up from the price to the amount paid often feels more natural than subtracting. Other money stories are in Money Word Problems, and the standard page is 2.MD.C.8.

10 versions, each with its own answer key

Same skill and layout, a fresh set of problems in every version, so children can keep practicing without repeating a page. Problems are not repeated between versions unless a skill has only a small number of possible problems (for example, the addition facts within 10).

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Making change is money math that children meet in real life. A snack costs 45 cents, you pay with 75 cents, and the change is 30 cents. Second graders are expected to solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies, using the dollar and cent symbols correctly, and this second grade worksheet focuses on the change step.

The page has eight short stories. In most of them, a child buys a neutral item such as crayons, a notebook, stickers, an eraser or a juice box, pays with a larger amount in cents, and finds the change. Two stories use whole-dollar prices and payments instead. Children subtract the price from the amount paid and write the answer with the right sign. Each of the ten versions has new prices and its own answer key.

How to use it: act out one problem with real coins before starting the page. Count up from the price to the amount paid, which is how many cashiers make change, and then check by subtracting. Watch for answers that forget the cent or dollar sign, since the standard asks for both the number and the symbol.

The answer key shows every change amount. For counting a mixed handful of coins first, try our Counting Coins worksheet. For other money stories that add or subtract, try our Money Word Problems worksheet.