Grade 2 Math · Money and Making Change

Grade 2 Money and Making Change Practice Test

Build Grade 2 math skills with five 10-question practice tests covering coins, dollars, cents, coin combinations, purchases, and making change.

Money and Making Change Practice Tests

These Grade 2 Math practice tests help students identify U.S. coins, count money, combine coin values, pay for items, and find change. Students work with pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, dollars, and cents.

Skills covered

  • Identifying penny, nickel, dime, and quarter values
  • Converting between dollars and cents
  • Combining coins to make an amount
  • Comparing money amounts
  • Finding change after a purchase
  • Solving everyday money word problems

How to use these practice tests

Complete one 10-question test at a time. Use play coins or draw coins to model each amount. Encourage the student to count up from the price to the amount paid when finding change.

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Grade 2 Money and Making Change Practice Tests

A 10-question Grade 2 math practice test on coins, dollars, cents, coin combinations, purchases, and making change.

Read each money question carefully. Choose one answer, then open the solution to review coin values, dollars, cents, or change.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

Which coin can pay exactly for an item that costs $0.25?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A quarter.

  1. Read the money amounts: Identify the price, payment, coin values, or change described in the question.
  2. Count cents and dollars: One quarter is worth 25 cents, so it pays exactly for $0.25.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is A quarter.

One quarter is worth 25 cents, so it pays exactly for $0.25.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Which coins can pay exactly for $0.30?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is 1 quarter and 1 nickel.

  1. Read the money amounts: Identify the price, payment, coin values, or change described in the question.
  2. Count cents and dollars: A quarter is 25 cents and a nickel is 5 cents, for 30 cents total.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is 1 quarter and 1 nickel.

A quarter is 25 cents and a nickel is 5 cents, for 30 cents total.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which coins can pay exactly for $0.45?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is 1 quarter and 2 dimes.

  1. Read the money amounts: Identify the price, payment, coin values, or change described in the question.
  2. Count cents and dollars: A quarter is 25 cents and two dimes are 20 cents, for 45 cents total.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is 1 quarter and 2 dimes.

A quarter is 25 cents and two dimes are 20 cents, for 45 cents total.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which coins can pay exactly for $0.65?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is 2 quarters, 1 dime, and 1 nickel.

  1. Read the money amounts: Identify the price, payment, coin values, or change described in the question.
  2. Count cents and dollars: Two quarters are 50 cents, plus a dime and nickel makes 65 cents.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is 2 quarters, 1 dime, and 1 nickel.

Two quarters are 50 cents, plus a dime and nickel makes 65 cents.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Which group of coins equals $1.00?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is 4 quarters.

  1. Read the money amounts: Identify the price, payment, coin values, or change described in the question.
  2. Count cents and dollars: Four quarters make 100 cents, or one dollar.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is 4 quarters.

Four quarters make 100 cents, or one dollar.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Which coins equal $0.75?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is 3 quarters.

  1. Read the money amounts: Identify the price, payment, coin values, or change described in the question.
  2. Count cents and dollars: Three quarters make 75 cents.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is 3 quarters.

Three quarters make 75 cents.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Which coins equal $0.35?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is 1 quarter and 1 dime.

  1. Read the money amounts: Identify the price, payment, coin values, or change described in the question.
  2. Count cents and dollars: A quarter is 25 cents and a dime is 10 cents, for 35 cents total.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is 1 quarter and 1 dime.

A quarter is 25 cents and a dime is 10 cents, for 35 cents total.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which coins equal $0.60?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is 2 quarters and 1 dime.

  1. Read the money amounts: Identify the price, payment, coin values, or change described in the question.
  2. Count cents and dollars: Two quarters are 50 cents and one dime adds 10 cents, for 60 cents total.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is 2 quarters and 1 dime.

Two quarters are 50 cents and one dime adds 10 cents, for 60 cents total.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

You have $1.00 and buy a $0.35 item. What change should you receive?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is $0.65.

  1. Read the money amounts: Identify the price, payment, coin values, or change described in the question.
  2. Count cents and dollars: Subtract $0.35 from $1.00: the change is $0.65.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is $0.65.

Subtract $0.35 from $1.00: the change is $0.65.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

You have $0.75 and spend $0.25. What amount remains?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is $0.50.

  1. Read the money amounts: Identify the price, payment, coin values, or change described in the question.
  2. Count cents and dollars: Subtract $0.25 from $0.75: $0.50 remains.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is $0.50.

Subtract $0.25 from $0.75: $0.50 remains.

Frequently asked questions about Grade 2 money and making change

How many cents are in one dollar?

There are 100 cents in one dollar. A dollar can be written as $1.00.

What is change?

Change is the amount returned when the money paid is greater than the price of an item.

How many questions are on this page?

The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 2 money and making change questions in total.