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Saving Up Stories is a free printable Grade 2 math worksheet on adding the same amount each week, and putting money in and taking it out, aligned to Common Core standard 2.MD.C.8. It prints 6 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Saving Up Stories

2.MD.C.8

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Read carefully, then work out the answer.

1.Noor has 30¢ in a piggy bank, puts in 37¢, then takes out 44¢. How much is in the piggy bank now?
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2.Suki saves 25¢ every week for 3 weeks. How much has Suki saved?
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3.Elsie saves 35¢ every week for 3 weeks. How much has Elsie saved?
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4.Priya has 59¢ in a piggy bank, puts in 38¢, then takes out 50¢. How much is in the piggy bank now?
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5.Mei has 59¢ in a piggy bank, puts in 12¢, then takes out 59¢. How much is in the piggy bank now?
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6.Zara has 36¢ in a piggy bank, puts in 46¢, then takes out 62¢. How much is in the piggy bank now?
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Answer key — Saving Up Stories

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.30 + 37 = 67; 67 − 44 = 23; 23¢
  2. 2.25 + 25 = 50; 50 + 25 = 75; 75¢
  3. 3.35 + 35 = 70; 70 + 35 = 105; $1.05
  4. 4.59 + 38 = 97; 97 − 50 = 47; 47¢
  5. 5.59 + 12 = 71; 71 − 59 = 12; 12¢
  6. 6.36 + 46 = 82; 82 − 62 = 20; 20¢

Questions about Saving Up Stories

What does the Saving Up Stories worksheet cover?

It practices adding the same amount each week, and putting money in and taking it out — 6 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core 2.MD.C.8: Count money and solve money problems. The instruction to students is “Read carefully, then work out the answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Saving Up Stories practice?

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.C.8 — 2.MD.C.8, under Measurement & Data for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Saving Up Stories is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on 2.MD.C.8, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Saving Up Stories come with an answer key?

Yes. All 6 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Saving Up Stories can I print?

25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is Saving Up Stories free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Saving Up Stories, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

More practice for 2.MD.C.8

Count money and solve money problems.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 2.MD.C.8 of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.