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Which Coin?
Manage your money with change purses and piggy banks. Once they match different coins to corresponding price tags, first and second graders add the amounts of change in each illustration. For extra practice, bring in small items for kids...
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Ordering
Money is a great medium for math problems, and learners practice with coins in these addition equations. First, they add up five sets of coins (one is done for them), writing down the totals below each. Next, scholars sequence these...
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George's Place
Here is another in the interesting series of lessons that uses money as a learning tool. This one is especially clever! During the lesson, pupils pretend they are eating at "George's Place" diner. Small groups are given one bag of play...
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Four Famous Faces
Each one of our quarters is embellished with a famous face or image representing the state it came from. This lesson plan uses South Dakota's state quarter to get kids thinking about monetary value, what the president of the United...
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Lesson Four - Making Change
Students practice making change. For this money lesson, students complete worksheets in which they find the amount of change they would receive from a dollar bill amount. Students go online and play games on this same concept.
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Counting Change
In this counting change worksheet, students read information about making and counting change. Students then solve 4 problems that require them to draw coins for the correct amount of change in different buying situations.
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Counting Change
In this counting instructional activity, students match 10 the pictures of money (only change) to their equivalent numerical values. For example, students match a card that says 9 cents with a card that shows a picture of four pennies...
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Everyday Mathematics: Counting Up
In this counting up worksheet, pupils learn strategies to help them solve problems involving change. Students study a number grid and number line to help them count up to make change.
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Counting Change
In this counting change worksheet, students buy items and then count the change and draw the coins. Students complete 4 problems total.
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Counting Change and Changing Coins
Second graders demonstrate how to count change. In this consumer math lesson, 2nd graders read the book The Penny Pot and identify the value of coins. Students complete a worksheet to practice counting coins.
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Pocketful of Change
In this math problem solving worksheet, students examine 4 price tags and mark the number of dimes and pennies needed to pay for each item. Students also respond to 1 math word problem.
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Money
In this counting change instructional activity, students look at 7 rows of various coins and then add up each row of coins. Students put their total amounts on the lines at the end of each row.
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Penny, Nickel, Dime
Second graders recognize and compare the value of pennies, nickels, and dimes. They review counting pennies, nickels, and dimes.
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Calculator Activity: Count Your Change
In this counting change worksheet, students learn to use a calculator to count the number for each coin. Students write the total amount of the money on the line.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Consumer Math
From basics such as adding and subtracting money, converting coins, and making change to more advanced topics such as sales tax and simple interest, this interactive tutorial offers help with consumer math issues.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Lesson Plan: Money, Money, Money
It all about money! Explore the concept of money in this real-world, unit plan. A collection of six lessons where students practice skills such as coin identification, mental math, menu math, making change, math operations with coins,...
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Estimating and Counting Money
The purpose of this lesson from the Illinois Institute of Technology is to review estimating and rounding to the nearest dollar as well as gain skills and practice in counting money. The students will define the meaning of estimate and...
Other
Fayette County Public Schools Curriculum: Counting Money
This site has a review of current U.S. coin values.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Change Due
Students can practice counting change in a series of self-check exercises and timed learning games.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Pennies a Little Goes a Long Way Game
Use this fun learning game in your classroom to help young scholars understand the value of money. Groups of students will be exchanging pennies for other types of coins.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: School Bus: Decimals
Do you like candy? Help John count his pocket money and he will buy you a treat!
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Adding Nickels and Pennies
Use this interactive online game to find the sums of different combinations of pennies and nickels. The game keeps a running total of correct and incorrect answers, as well as the percent of correct answers.
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Aaa Math: Adding Dimes and Pennies
Use this online game to add different combinations of dimes and pennies. The game keeps a percent score of your correct answers, as well as a running total of the number of your correct and incorrect answers.
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Aaa Math: Adding Dimes, Nickels, and Pennies
Add different combinations of pennies, nickels, and dimes with this online game. You can see the percent of correct answers you have, as well as running totals of correct and incorrect answers.