How Much Is in the Piggy Bank?
A piggy bank money worksheet: 6 pink piggy banks showing 5 to 8 coins each, sorted from quarters to pennies, with totals of 31, 47, 67, 95, 85 and 28 cents.
- Size
- US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), fits A4
- 2 pages: the worksheet and its answer key
- Level
- Grade 2
- License
- Free for personal & classroom use
About this worksheet
Each piggy bank is drawn with its coins visible on its side, already sorted from quarters down to pennies, and a Total box with a cent sign underneath. Bank 1 holds two dimes, two nickels and a penny (31 cents), bank 4 holds three quarters and two dimes (95 cents), bank 6 holds two dimes, a nickel and three pennies (28 cents). The instruction says to start with the quarters, then dimes, nickels and pennies, which the sorted layout makes natural. Page 2 shows the six totals. Second graders need about ten minutes. The pig pictures make this a friendlier first page than plain rows of coins, with the same arithmetic.
Tips for using it
- Have your child find the bank with the most money before counting any, then check.
- Ask how many more cents bank 4 needs to reach a dollar.
- Count bank 3 two ways: left to right, and by adding quarters, nickels and pennies separately.
- Start a real coin jar and count it the same way once a week.
Printing tips
Download the PDF and print at 100% (or “fit to page” on A4). Page 1 is the worksheet and page 2 is the answer key with the answers in red; print just page 1 if you want to keep the answers for checking. Free for personal, family and classroom use.
