Year 2 Money: recognise coins and use £ and p symbols worksheet

“Coins and their values” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 2 maths unit “Money: recognise coins and use £ and p symbols”, for children aged 6 to 7, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Week 26 of the year, 5 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Coins and their values

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 2 · Maths · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can count a mix of 2p, 5p and 10p coins by starting with the biggest value.

A Look back3 min

1.
Count in tens: 10, 20, 30,
2.
7 + 8 =
3.
3 tens and 4 ones make

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ola has four coins in her purse. She wants to know how much money she has altogether.

Watch me

Count the 10p coin first: 10p.

Add the 5p coin: 15p.

Add the two 2p coins: 17p, then 19p.

Ola has 19p altogether.

Now you

1.
Ben has two 10p coins and one 2p coin. How much altogether? p

C Your turn6 min

Count the coins. Count the biggest value first.

1.
Three 5p coins are worth p.
2.
Four 5p coins are worth p.
3.
Four 5p coins and one 10p coin are worth p.
4.
Sort the coins, then count the 10p first. Total: p

Say it out loud: What changed on each row, and what stayed the same?

D Spot the mistake2 min

Amira says: “The 2p coin is bigger, so it is worth more than a 5p coin.”

1.
Which coin is really worth more? Write its value. p

E Think deeper3 min

1.
Make 10p using only 2p and 5p coins. Write one way you could do it.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Coins and their values · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. 40

2. 15

3. 34

B

1. 22p If your child writes 14, one 10p coin has been counted as 2p. Point to each coin and say its own value before adding.

C

1. 15p If your child writes 8, they added 5 and 3 instead of counting the coins. Count in fives: 5, 10, 15.

2. 20p

3. 30p If your child writes 20, the 10p coin has been left out. Find the 10p coin first and count it.

4. 21p If your child writes 17, two of the 2p coins were missed. Move each coin to one side as you count it.

D

1. 5p If your child writes 2, they chose the bigger-looking coin. Ask: which number is printed on each coin?

E

1. Look for: A way to make 10p with 2p and 5p coins, such as five 2p coins or two 5p coins.

Words to use

Say“Which number is printed on each coin? Start with the biggest one.”

Instead of“Count them one by one, starting with the smallest coin.”

After the sheet

Put some coins from a purse in a row, or write 2, 5 and 10 on paper circles. Sort them into groups and count the biggest group first.

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The rest of this unit

4 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Bigger coins, bigger value(with a plan)
Same Money, Different Coins(with a plan)
Fewest coins, please(with a plan)
Working out change(with a plan)

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