CCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.C.8
The Standard
Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics · Measurement and Data
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify bills and coins, recall their values, and add mixed amounts. They solve short money problems and use the dollar sign and cent sign correctly.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students find the value of mixed bills and coins by grouping and adding. They solve simple money stories and write amounts correctly, such as 49¢ or $1.49.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may count coins instead of counting their values, or assume a larger coin is worth more. They may write 35¢ as $35 or use both symbols together as $0.35¢.
How to Assess It
- Give an exit ticket: “Mia has one quarter, two dimes, and four pennies. How much money does she have? Write the amount correctly.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs play coins and bills, then have them build and label amounts from money story cards.
Ask students to explain in writing why three dimes are worth more than three pennies.
Play Money Match, where students pair coin collections with amount cards and check each match with a partner.
Set up a classroom store with labeled items, and have students choose purchases and count the money needed.
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Before This Standard
If students are struggling here, check these first.
- CCSS.Math.Content.2.OA.A.1
General addition and subtraction word problem models carry over to combining, comparing, and finding unknown amounts of money.
- CCSS.Math.Content.2.NBT.A.2
Skip-counting by 5s, 10s, and 100s supports totaling nickels, dimes, and dollars in money word problems.
- CCSS.Math.Content.2.NBT.B.5
Fluent adding and subtracting within 100 helps students combine and compare coin values in money word problems.
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