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Elementary Economics:Making Smart Choices
Learners understand what good and bad choices are in regards to money and review and reinforce the value of each coin. They identify parts of a story as well as the sequencing. They then create their own sequence of events in words...
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Fractions: Add and Subtract
In this fractions learning exercise, students count the spare change they have at home and complete a chart, filling in coin values, number they have and total value for each. Students then represent the make a pie chart to represent...
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For Sale!
Students review same type (denomination) coin sets, and build same type coin sets equaling fifty cents.
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Four Famous Faces
Fifth graders examine the South Dakota Quarter Reverse and identify the images on it. They discuss the accomplishments of the four presidents. They create coins of four people in their school. They arrange bags of plastic coins by their...
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Minting a New Mint
Learners explore why the Founding Fathers felt it was necessary to have a solitary form of money used throughout the land. Students create their own money systems and have a class sale to simulate the confusion of multiple forms of...
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A "State of the Arts" Coin 4-6
Learners study the historical figures depicted on the penny,
nickel, dime, and quarter and explore how symbols of U.S. patriotism were used in their design. They research symbols of Texas and choose one to draw in a design for a Texas...
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A "State of the Arts" Coin
Students study the historical figures depicted on the quarter and explore how symbols of U.S. patriotism were used in its various designs. They research symbols of Texas and choose one to draw in a design for a Texas
quarter. in...
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Random Sampling
Sample pennies to gain an understanding of their ages. The 16th installment of a 25-part series requires groups to collect samples from a jar of pennies. Pupils compare the distribution of their samples with the distribution of the...
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Changes In Change
Students research the changes in change over time. Students choose one coin to research and trace in history. Students graph out a time line on their coins. Students present their time lines to the class.
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Spelling Payment (Elementary, Mathematics)
Students practice spelling words and earn points (Each spelling word is assigned a value.) for each one spelled correctly. They keep track of money earned and may purchase items at the end of the month.
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The Buffalo War: A Clash of Cultures
Students view a documentary on the different values and meaning placed on the buffalo. Examining various cultures, they link the attitudes to the treatment of the animal in the wild. They develop solutions to the conflict raised by the...
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Basic Equivalencies
First graders manipulate plastic coins to show equivalencies between pennies and dimes and to show specific values using them. They practice independently to stamp different values a variety of ways.
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Nickels and Pennies #2
In this coin worksheet, learners draw given values using designated numbers of coins. Worksheet is from a subscription site with links and is labeled as a sample.
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Dimes and Pennies
For this coin worksheet, students count and write the value of sets of coins. Worksheet is from a subscription site with links and is labeled as a sample.
Illustrative Mathematics
Seven Circles III
A basic set-up leads to a surprisingly complex analysis in this variation on the question of surrounding a central circle with a ring of touching circles. Useful for putting trigonometric functions in a physical context, as well as...
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Parts of a Whole
Students recognize coins are worth a fraction of a dollar. They represent the value of different coins by shading in their equivalent fractional parts in the circle. They understand that fractions are part of a whole.
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Counting by 10s, 5s, and 1s
Students practice counting by 10s, 5s, and 1s in order to prepare for counting and adding the values of coins.
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Change for your Dollar
In this middle school mathematics worksheet, students determine the solutions to a problem which involves ten U.S. coins worth $1.19. The one page worksheet contains one problem with the solution.
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Ways to Show Amounts
In this ways to show amounts worksheet, students, with a partner, brainstorm the best way to problem solve five word problems dealing with showing amounts of money.
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Cuisenaire Chefs
Students study the fractional values of Cuisenaire rods while working with favorite family recipes.
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Variables and Functions
In this algebra worksheet, 5th graders solve 6 word problems by finding the value of variable in function tables. They use the information to solve the problems.
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Power of the People
Pupils determine the meaning of democracy and investigate accomplishments of a number of United States presidents. They look at images of the presidential one dollar coins before they determine how the job of the president differs from...
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A Pocketful of Change
Learners study the meaning, symbolism, and value of U.S. coins,
especially the quarter. They conduct a survey of coins in students'
possession, graphing the results to show frequency distribution and drawing
inferences about the U.S....