Printable coin counting practice, four ranges
Each problem is a short pile — six coins at most below $1 — sorted largest first so a student can skip count straight across it: 25, 50, 60, 65, 66. The Coins chips set how far the amounts go:
- Pennies & nickels to 25¢ — counting by ones and fives, the kindergarten starting point.
- Add dimes to 50¢ — the first three-coin mix, where counting by tens meets counting by fives.
- All coins to $1 — quarters join in; the standard 2nd grade sheet.
- Coins to $2 — the same four coins, longer piles, dollar notation.
Built around the mistake kids actually make
At least half the mixed problems contain both a dime and a penny. That pairing is deliberate: the dime is the smallest coin on the page and worth ten times the penny beside it, and a student who has been counting by size instead of value will get exactly those problems wrong. Because the coins are drawn from real US Mint diameters, the size contradiction is visible on paper rather than something a teacher has to assert.
The answer key shows the count, not just the total
Every key entry lists the pile and its running total — 2 quarters, 1 dime, 3 pennies → 25, 50, 60, 61, 62, 63 = 63¢ — so when a student writes 62¢ you can see whether they miscounted the pennies or mis-valued a coin. The key always prints on its own page.
Change the numbers, keep the sheet
Press New version for a fresh set of piles at the same difficulty: a second attempt, a make-up quiz, or a different sheet for the student sitting next door. Every sheet carries a five-character code in its footer and in the address bar, so the same worksheet can be reprinted exactly, months later.
See also: all counting money worksheets · 1st grade money worksheets · 2nd grade money worksheets.