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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. In this decimals and fractions lesson plan, students discuss converting pounds to coins and how they relate to fractions and decimals.
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Pennies, Nickels, and Dimes

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this filling in the blanks with missing values of coins worksheet, students add designated amounts of coins and fill in the missing coins to make the total amounts. Students solve 4 problems.
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The Euro: Classroom Exercises – Exchange Students Going to Europe

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore ever-changing exchange rates. In this euro/dollar exchange rate lesson, students plan a trip to Europe and calculate their costs in euros and dollars.
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Free Printables: Shopping Malls

For Students 1st - 4th
In this shopping learning exercise, learners answer the 7 questions relating to shopping, correct change and total money spent. Teachers can determine whether this learning exercise should be in pounds or dollars.
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Dimes and Pennies

For Students K - 1st
In this counting values of dimes and pennies worksheet, students add the values of multiple dimes and pennies and record the totals. Students solve 5 problems.
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Number Bonds To 10 And 20

For Students 5th - 6th
In this number bonds to ten and twenty worksheet, students working in pairs begin to read the instructions to and play the two games 'Card Match' and 'Climb the Money Ladder'.
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Value of Education: Education and Earning Power

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students explore the concept a higher education yields higher earnings. Throughout the class, students visit six workstations and examine occupations, education, salaries, spending, banking, and taxes. As students rotate through the...
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Value of Education: Education and Earning Power

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Pupils explore the earning power of someone with a post-high school education. In this education and income lesson, students evaluate examples of occupations, their salaries, and education level needed for the job. Pupils calculate their...
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Are You Money Smart?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners figure out and discuss the irony of this coin-centric poem. They also practice persuasive letter writing, and identify and count coin/money values.
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Exchanging Money in the Dominican Republic

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of the international exchange rate. They explore a website, identify the value of the Dominican peso, calculate the value of bills and coins in Dominican pesos and U.S. dollars, and complete various worksheets.
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Sing a Song of Coinage

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the Tennessee state quarter. They discuss Tennessee's musical heritage, examine all of the coins and as a group, create a song about coins or money. They also complete worksheets pertaining to the lesson.
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Pennies and Nickels and Dimes...Oh, My!

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars play a game in which they determine the number of cents that equal a nickel, dime, and quarter. They identify which set of coins has more, fewer, or the same amount while also counting each collection and writing the...
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Breaking News English: Zimbabwe to Get a New Currency

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Zimbabwe to Get a New Currency," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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"Four Dollars and Fifty Cents," by Eric Kimmel

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students use the book, "Four Dollars and Fifty Cents" to discover ways that creditors can obtain payment from reluctant debtors
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Mr. President

For Teachers K
Students learn the value of coins while they learn about the presidents on the coins. Students integrate social studies, math, and reading in this unit.
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Beat the Bank

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students play a coin identification game to familiarize themselves with coin values. They add coin values to determine the game's winner.
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Non-Western Economic Values

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Young scholars engage in a game of economic exchange that present a variety of perspectives on wealth. They read scenarios and write a journal response to the scenario. They discuss how we use money in the Western culture and discuss how...
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Coin Art 4-6

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the historical figures and symbols of U.S. patriotism depicted on the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter coins and learn that artists designed the portraits and other images on the coins. They research Texas symbols and...
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How Many Ways?

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students estimate the amount of money they have in groups of pennies, nickels, and dimes. In this money lesson plan, students then count up the amounts they have and exchange money amounts.
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Why Use Money? Getting What We Need

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers learn the difference between purchase, barter, and payment for service, then explore how the Akan and North African people used a barter system to exchange gold and salt. They identify the most efficient ways of...
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Counting Dimes, Nickels, and Cents

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this coins learning exercise, students count up the total number of dimes, nickels, and pennies in each problem. Students complete 25 problems total.
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Spending Spree

For Teachers K - 4th
Students collect objects to use in a classroom store. In groups, they must place a value on each object and take turns spending their fake dollar in the store. They predict how much they can buy and use addition and subtraction to...
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Quarters

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this quarters worksheet, students read about quarters and their value, then write con amounts of given sets and complete a cost/change activity.
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Circus Quarters

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this counting quarters worksheet, students solve 5 problems in which the correct number of quarters is cut and pasted to show the coins necessary to buy each circus souvenir. The highest price is $1.25.