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Pennsylvania Department of Education

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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Adding Coins: 1-50 Cents

For Students 2nd
In this money worksheet, 2nd graders count the number of coins to add up the amount of money that is shown. Students respond to 6 questions, writing the amount of money that is depicted on the line beside each picture.
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Money Subtraction (A)

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this counting money worksheet, students subtract the money amounts by increments of 50 cents. Students solve twenty money subtraction problems.
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Money Subtraction (C)

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this subtracting money worksheet, students enhance their subtraction skills by solving the 20 money subtraction problems. Students subtract in increments of 10 cents.
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Money Subtraction (E)

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this subtracting money worksheet, students enhance their subtraction skills by solving the 20 money subtraction problems. Students subtract in increments of 10 cents.
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Money Subtraction (H)

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this subtracting money worksheet, students enhance their subtraction skills by solving the 20 money subtraction problems. Students subtract in increments of 10 cents.
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Perkins School for the Blind

Counting Cups

For Teachers K - 6th
Teach one-to-one correspondence, fine motor, and counting skills to your learners with visual disabilities. Included are a set of activity suggestions, which are useful when teaching a variety of different early math skills. Braille,...
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Counting Change

For Students 3rd - 6th
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 Coins Review

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this money worksheet, students add up the money that is represented in European coins. Students complete 8 problems on this worksheet.
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Counting Money Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this money worksheet, students count the four sets of coins and calculate the total amount. Students write the amount down on the given lines. The total amount goes up to one dollar.
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Morning Math

For Students 2nd - 4th
It's never too early for math! Use these morning math problems to get learners reviewing past concepts and staying sharp on newer ones. The 16 warm-ups include skills such as counting by 10, adding in a word problem, decomposing numbers...
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Estimation

For Teachers 3rd
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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DK Publishing

Practicing Multiplication Tables

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Multiplication will be a breeze! Third graders work on both straightforward multiplication problems and word problems involving money and measurement. All problems involve multiplying numbers 0 - 10. A great homework assignment or...
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DK Publishing

Real-Life Word Problems

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Prepare your second graders for word problems with a straightforward review activity. Use it after a unit on addition and subtraction up to 100, or after you have worked on money math. A sample word problem prompts young learners to...
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Learn to Earn When you Tend to Spend

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Analyzing and understanding word problems is extremely important. Pupils learn that in money problems, earn usually means you add and spend usually means you subtract. They will solve a series of money-related word problems, label coins,...
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Money

For Students 1st - 3rd
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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It's On Sale

For Teachers 1st
First graders read the book The Great Pet Sale to learn about economics and advertisements. For this economics lesson plan, 1st graders read the book The Great Pet Sale and define related vocabulary words. Students compare prices to find...
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Skip-Counting Change

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this math instructional activity, students develop the skill of skip counting change using coins for currency. The sheet is intended as a teacher's guide.
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Money

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars study the value of the penny, nickel, dime, quarter and dollar. They demonstrate how different coin combinations equal the same amounts of money and write money amounts using the decimal point and dollar sign. They try...
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Susan's Choice

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Young economists explore opportunity cost by counting how much money Susan has in her piggy bank. From here, they are challenged to help Susan make a choice about what she can buy with her money. 
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Changing It Up

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How should a cashier stock a cash register with coins? Learners use mathematical modeling and expected value to determine how many rolls of coins of each type they should place in a cash register.
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A Dollar for Penny

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students demonstrate different ways to make a dollar. In 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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Money

For Students 2nd
In this money worksheet, 2nd graders count four sets of coins that go up to one dollar. The coins mostly consist of...
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Super Cents

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study money amounts less than a dollar. For this math lesson, 2nd graders practice counting coins. Students read various stories and discuss how money was used in the stories.