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Skills Covered

  • Know what a $1, $5, $10 and $20 bill is worth
  • Count bills by 1s, 5s, 10s and 20s
  • Count mixed bills to $100, biggest first
  • Compare two amounts of money
  • Show an amount with the fewest bills
  • Write amounts with $ and ¢

How to Use This Pack

Five pages on dollar bills and on writing money. On page 1 students write what each bill is worth with the dollar sign, then count rows of $5, $10 and $20 bills by 5s, 10s and 20s, writing the count under each bill, and count on through a row of mixed bills. Page 2 has eight collections of $1, $5, $10 and $20 bills up to $100, laid out biggest first; the first shows how to count on. On page 3 two children each have some bills: students write both totals and circle the one with more, including pairs where fewer bills are worth more. Page 4 shows an amount with the fewest bills in a table, then circles the group of bills that pays a price exactly. Page 5 asks whether an amount is written with ¢ (coins under a dollar) or with $ (bills), then writes cents with a dollar sign and a decimal point: 100¢ is $1.00 and 45¢ is $0.45.

In the Classroom

Use play bills for page 1: line up four $5 bills and count them together, 5, 10, 15, 20, then trade them for a $20 bill. Before page 3, hold up one $20 bill and five $1 bills and ask who has more money; many children pick the bigger pile. Play store for page 4 with price tags in whole dollars and a tray of play bills.

At Home

Count the bills in a wallet or a play money set together, starting with the bill worth the most. Ask which is more, a $10 bill or six $1 bills. When you see a price like $0.79 at the store, read it together as 79 cents.

Tips for Success

  • A bill is worth the number printed on it, in dollars
  • Count the bill worth the most first, then count on
  • More bills is not always more money
  • Write ¢ after the number and $ before it: 45¢, $45
  • 100¢ is one dollar, so 45¢ is $0.45

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

  • 2.MD.C.8 Solve story problems with pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and dollar bills, writing amounts with the $ and ¢ signs.

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Dollars and Cents

2nd Grade

A 5-page 2nd grade money pack on dollar bills and on writing amounts with $ and ¢. Write what a $1, $5, $10 and $20 bill is worth, count rows of bills by 1s, 5s, 10s and 20s, and count mixed bills up to $100, starting with the bill worth the most. Compare two collections of bills (fewer bills can be more money), show an amount with the fewest bills, and circle the bills that pay a price exactly. Last, write each amount with the cent sign or the dollar sign, and write cents with a dollar sign and a decimal point (45¢ is $0.45). Every page comes in color and in black and white. Answer keys included.

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What’s Included

  • 5 worksheets in color and in black and white, with answer keys (15 pages)
  • What each bill is worth, counting by 5s, 10s and 20s
  • Count mixed bills to $100 and compare two amounts
  • The fewest bills, paying a price, and writing $ and ¢
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