Year 2 money worksheet answers to download as PDF

These Year 2 money worksheet answers give a full worked solution to all 20 questions of the money worksheet. Try each question yourself first, then check your method step by step.

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Answer to Question 1
1. Start with the biggest coin and count on: 20p, then 30p with the 10p, then 35p with the 5p. The total is 35p.
2. Count on from 50p: 70p, 90p with the two 20p coins, then 92p with the 2p. The total is 92p.
3. £1 is 100p. Count on: 100p, 150p, 160p. 160p is written £1.60.
4. Add the pounds first: £2 + £1 = £3. Then the pence: 20p + 20p = 40p. The total is £3.40.
Answer to Question 2
1. 3 × 100 = 300p.
2. 400 ÷ 100 = £4.
3. £1.50 = 100p + 50p = 150p.
4. 275p = 200p + 75p = £2 and 75p, written £2.75.
5. 5 × 100 = 500p.
Answer to Question 3
1. 20p + 10p, or 10p + 10p + 10p.
2. 20p + 20p + 5p, or 20p + 10p + 10p + 5p.
3. 50p + 10p, or 20p + 20p + 20p.
4. 10p + 2p, or 5p + 5p + 2p.
Answer to Question 4
1. 35 + 20 = 55p.
2. 48 + 25 = 73p.
3. 60 + 70 = 130p = £1.30.
4. 3 + 4 = £7.
5. £1 + £1 = £2 and 20p + 30p = 50p. Total £2.50.
Answer to Question 5
1. 50 − 30 = 20p change.
2. 100 − 65 = 35p change. Count on: 65p to 70p is 5p, 70p to 100p is 30p, so 35p.
3. 20 − 18 = 2p change.
4. 5 − 4 = £1 change.
5. 10 − 6 = £4 change.
Answer to Question 6
1. All the amounts are in pence. Compare the tens first, then the ones: 40p, 45p, 50p, 54p.
2. Change £1 into 100p so every amount is in pence: 100p, 90p, 105p, 95p. In order: 90p, 95p, £1, 105p.
3. Change the pounds into pence: £2 = 200p and £1.90 = 190p. The list is 200p, 150p, 190p, 210p. In order: 150p, £1.90, £2, 210p.
Answer to Question 7
1. 25 + 35 = 60p.
2. 80 − 60 = 20p change.
3. 35 + 45 = 80p. He has exactly 80p, so yes, with nothing left.
4. 25 + 35 + 45 = 105p. 105 − 80 = 25p more.
Answer to Question 8
1. 2 × 30 = 60p.
2. 25 + 40 = 65p.
3. 30 + 25 + 40 = 95p. 100 − 95 = 5p change.
4. 60 + 65 + 95 = 125 + 95 = 220p = £2.20.
Answer to Question 9
1. 90 + 65 = 155p, which is £1.55.
2. 155 + 35 = 190p, which is £1.90.
3. 200 − 190 = 10p change.
4. Her change is 10p and a card costs 90p. 10 is less than 90, so no, she could not.
Answer to Question 10
1. 150p + 50p + 80p = 280p, which is £2.80.
2. 280p + 70p = 350p, which is £3.50.
3. 400p − 350p = 50p more.
4. £3.50 is more than £2, so yes, he has saved more than half.
Answer to Question 11
1. Kofi rides the helter-skelter twice at 60p each: 60p + 60p = 120p, which is £1.20.
2. Write every price in pence: carousel 80p, bumper cars 120p, helter-skelter 120p. 80 + 120 = 200, and 200 + 120 = 320p, which is £3.20.
3. £5 is 500p. Count on from 320p to 500p: 80p to make 400p, then 100p to make 500p. 80 + 100 = 180p, so his change is £1.80.
Answer to Question 12
1. Each apple costs 20p. Count in 20s for 3 apples: 20, 40, 60. The apples cost 60p.
2. Each banana costs 15p: 15p + 15p = 30p.
3. Add the fruit: 60p + 30p = 90p. She does not buy the grapes.
4. £2 is 200p. Count on from 90p: 10p to make 100p, then 100p to make 200p. 10 + 100 = 110p, so her change is £1.10.
Answer to Question 13
1. 2 × 150 = 300p, which is £3.
2. 45 + 100 = 145p, which is £1.45.
3. 500 − 145 = 355p, which is £3.55.
4. 355 − 200 = 155p, which is £1.55 more.
Answer to Question 14
1. 50 + 50 + 20 = 120p, which is £1.20.
2. 45 + 70 = 115p, which is £1.15.
3. 120 − 115 = 5p change.
4. 85 + 45 = 130p. He has only 120p and 130 is more than 120, so no, he is 10p short.
Answer to Question 15
1. 60 + 35 = 95p. 200 − 95 = 105p. He spends 95p and gets £1.05 change.
2. 2 × 25 = 50p, and 50 + 45 = 95p.
3. 90 ÷ 15 = 6, because 6 × 15 = 90. He can buy 6 rubbers and has 0p left.
4. 25 + 15 + 60 + 35 + 45 = 180p, which is £1.80.
5. 200 − 180 = 20. Yes, she can pay with a £2 coin and she gets 20p change.
Answer to Question 16
1. 3 × 4 = £12.
2. 2 × 6 = £12.
3. 12 + 12 = £24.
4. 2 × 3 = £6 and 5 × 2 = £10. 6 + 10 = £16.
5. 24 + 16 = £40. 60 − 40 = £20 change.
Answer to Question 17
1. 200 − 80 = 120p, which is £1.20.
2. 200 − 120 = 80p.
3. 120 + 80 + 200 = 400p, which is £4.
4. 400 + 200 = 600p, which is £6.
5. 600 − 300 = 300p, which is £3. £3 is more than £2.
Answer to Question 18
1. 150 + 220 = 370p, which is £3.70.
2. 180 + 160 = 340p, which is £3.40.
3. 370 + 340 = 710p, which is £7.10.
4. 1000 − 710 = 290p. The cake costs 300p, which is more than 290p, so no, she does not have enough.
5. 300 − 290 = 10p. The cake costs 10p more than her change.
Answer to Question 19
1. 12 × 20 = 240p, which is £2.40.
2. 8 × 50 = 400p, which is £4.
3. 5 × 100 = 500p and 10 × 10 = 100p. 500 + 100 = 600p, which is £6.
4. 240 + 400 + 600 = 1240p, which is £12.40.
5. £15 = 1500p and 1240 is less than 1500. No, they are 260p (£2.60) short.
Answer to Question 20
1. 50p + 20p + 5p + 2p = 77p. The coins are 50p, 20p, 5p and 2p.
2. The coins must add to 35p. Try the biggest coin first: 20p, then 15p is left. 10p + 5p = 15p. The coins are 20p, 10p and 5p.
3. 50p + 20p + 20p + 5p + 2p + 2p = 99p. That is 6 coins.
4. Two sweets cost 75p + 75p = 150p. Amy has 100p + 50p + 20p = 170p. 170 is more than 150, so yes, she can buy them and gets 20p change.

How to use these Year 2 money worksheet answers

First, try every question on the worksheet without looking. Then compare your working with the solution line by line, not only the final answer. When your answer is different, find the first step that changes, because that is where the mistake is. After that, read the matching part of the money lesson again. Finally, check that the method is secure with the quiz or the test.

Also, the Year 2 money worksheet answers are available as a PDF, so you can mark printed work quickly. Moreover, all the pages of this chapter work together, so you can move between them at any time. For example, many pupils read the lesson on Monday, practise on Wednesday and test themselves on Friday. In short, these Year 2 money worksheet answers show every step, so nothing is left unexplained.