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All About Money
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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Money Skills
Young mathematicians learn to make sense out of money with this collection of skills practice worksheets. From identifying the different coins and bills in the US currency system, to counting money and correctly using the dollar and...
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Counting Money and Making Change
Students count collections of coins and one-dollar bills. They solve problems and learn to use the dollar sign ($) with the decimal point to represent money amounts. This lesson is important as a foundation for future math concepts in...
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Counting Change
In this counting change instructional activity, 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 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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Study Jams! Making Change
This dreamy resource has little ones computing the change on the purchase of an ice cream cone. Mia describes each step in two methods: subtraction of decimals and counting up from the sale price.
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Counting Change
In this counting learning exercise, 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 and a...
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Making Change
Second graders explore how to incorporate a new type of technology, the cash register and/or a calculator, as a motivational tool for solving real life problems. They practice estimating money and counting back change from $20.00.
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Count the Change
In this counting money worksheet, learners study the coins in each set that includes quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. Students write the total amount for each box.
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Ch-Ch-Ching Cafe: Play Restaurant Make Change
Fourth graders make change by participating in a role-play restaurant activity. In this making change lesson, 4th graders use their math skills to compare prices and compute bills in a role play restaurant activity.
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Add Money
In this counting money practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems that require them to add money.
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Counting Change
In this counting change learning exercise, learners buy items and then count the change and draw the coins. Students complete 4 problems total.
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Count Dollars and Cents
In this counting money practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems that require them to count dollars and cents.
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Small Change Snacks
In this counting coins worksheet, students count the value of the coins at the bottom and match them with the snack they can buy at the top. Students complete 9 problems and 9 matches.
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Money Counts
Fourth graders identify bills and coins to $20 bills and make equivalencies. They organize bills and coins in groups from greatest to least and least to greatest. Students count out change.
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Making Change - Bills And Coins
Here is an interactive worksheet that allows learners to practice counting change with bills and coins, make change for a dollar, and practice their subtraction skills. The bills used are ones, fives, tens, twenties, and fifties. A good...
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Money - counting dimes, nickels, and cents
In this counting dimes, nickels, and pennies learning exercise, students review pictures of coins with their values, count money and write the total amounts, and use real money to show given amounts of change. Students write twelve answers.
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Count On It!
Students investigate money. In this consumer math lesson plan, students use coins, identify their value, then group them in various ways to equal a dollar.
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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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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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Estimation
Select items to purchase from a store, add up the total cost, then estimate the total cost! Kids count out the money needed to make the purchase and pay for the items. An excelent way to connect real life math and estimation!
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Choosing Coins
In this mathematics worksheet, 1st graders identify what coins can be used to buy a toy train. Then they count out how much money is given and write that amount in cents. Students also trace or draw the coins to match each price listed.
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Working with Coins
Count the correct change with a money math activity! Given certain coins, second and third graders add and subtract amounts of money to find the correct change. The activity uses pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars, and...
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Lesson Four - Making Change
Students practice making change. In 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.