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All About Money

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Few topics engage young mathematicians as much as learning about money. Through a series of shared readings and hands-on activities, children explore the US currency system, learning how to count money and calculate change as they create...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Money in the Piggy Bank

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
It's time to crack open that piggy bank and see what's inside. First, count up the pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, identifying what fraction of them are dimes. Then calculate the total value of the coins, writing another fraction...
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Identify Coins

For Students 1st - 2nd
Kill two birds with one stone (as they say). Your class can practice problem solving skills, basic addition and subtraction, as well as work on coin values. This worksheet includes six money related word problems to solve.
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Everyday Mathematics: Coins

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this counting coins learning exercise, students receive help from an adult to find the total value for the pictured coins. The objective is to enhance students' counting money skills and skip counting skills.
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Money, Money, Everywhere!

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half-dollars, dollars. Here's a comprehension worksheet that asks young readers to respond to a series of questions based on a passage about money.
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Common Sense Cookie Shop

For Teachers 1st
First graders shop for a bag of cookies using toy money. In teams, they choose which variety to buy and decides which bills and coins are necessary to buy the bag of cookies and a cashier makes change. They tally the cookies purchased...
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Coin Values

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this coins worksheet, students find the values of coins and the totals of all the values added up together. Students complete 6 problems.
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How Much? Coin Addition

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this coin addition worksheet, students add sets of coins, writing the total amount counted beside each set. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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How do You Stack Up? Revisited

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students estimate the thickness of coins. In this stack up activity, students stack pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. They calculate and record the thickness of each coin. Students stack coins and estimate the height of the stack.
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A Dollar for Penny

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students demonstrate different ways to make a dollar. For this consumer math lesson, students read the book A Dollar for Penny and identify the value of each coin. Students determine combinations of coins that can make up a dollar.
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Rolling For Money

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine several coins to determine their values. Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters are counted. Music is added to the lesson to enhance the experience.
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Model Counting Pennies and Nickels

For Teachers 1st
First graders provide monetary value of coins. In this counting pennies and nickels lesson, 1st graders practice counting money with a partner.
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In the Bag!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students calculate how many quarters are in a $1,000 bag (after learning the dollar value of filled coin bags). They explain their problem-solving strategy using pictures, numbers, equations, and/or words.
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Comparing Amounts

For Teachers 1st
In this mathematics worksheet, 1st graders identify who has more money. Then they write how much each person has and circle the one with more money. Students also place a group of coins on their desk and write down how much they have.
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Out of This World

For Students 3rd
In this giving change worksheet, 3rd graders figure out the translation of Bruke money to American money. Students answer 3 word problems related to Bruke money.
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False Coins

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students use a balance scale to weigh coins and identify which coin is fake. It is important to have the scale balanced like you would an equation. There is an answer key.
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Allowance Time

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students complete a worksheet in which they determine ways of using coins to make the value of $1.00.
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Max's Math Adventures

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this counting coins worksheet, students "take some time to solve the rhyme," reading a rhyme and answering related questions.
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Quarters and Equal Amounts

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this counting coins activity, students learn to count with quarters to find the equal amounts. Students solve six counting coin money problems.
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Decimals and Fractions

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students learn about using decimals and fractions by referring to a 19th century currency table. For this decimals and fractions lesson plan, students discuss converting pounds to coins and how they relate to fractions and decimals.
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Penny, Nickel, Dime

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders recognize and compare the value of pennies, nickels, and dimes. They review counting pennies, nickels, and dimes.
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Counting by 10s, 5s, and 1s

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners practice counting by 10s, 5s, and 1s in order to prepare for counting and adding the values of coins.
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Odd Is In

For Teachers K - 5th
Pupils play a game with coins and then use reasoning skills to develop a strategy for winning the game.
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Getting Better at Guessing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars, in groups, examine a jar of coins to make both 'guesstimates' and estimates. They compare different estimations and complete a journal entry to summarize their findings.

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