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Money Matters - Teaching About Economics

For Teachers 4th - 7th
The right money lesson plans can teach students about economics in an engaging way.
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Value of Money

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine a collection of coins to discover their value. In this value of money lesson plan, 2nd graders identify the amount of money represented by each coin. Students use a worksheet to complete story problems involving...
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Addition Word Problems #2

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Expose scholars to the ways addition is constantly used through 15 word problems. Many of these have more than two addends, and several involve money math and adding numbers with decimals to the hundredths place. Learners also must use...
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Price per Pound and Pounds per Dollar

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Help learners understand the concept of unit rate as it is applied to buying beans at a grocery store. The objective is to determine the unit rate in two ways, and then apply each ratio to an additional problem. The attached commentary...
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Rolling For Money

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine several coins to determine their values. Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters are counted. Music is added to the instructional activity to enhance the experience.
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Relating Coins to Bills: Enrichment

For Students 4th - 5th
In this fractions and money worksheet, students use the chart that lists coins, their values, and the fraction they represent in a dollar. Students then use the chart to answer the questions.
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Counting One, Two, and Five-Cent Coins

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this European money worksheet, learners write the total amount in cents for one, two, and five cent coins. Students complete 9 problems total.
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Working With Coins

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students arrange coins based on their value.  In this coins lesson, students trace and record the value of each coin.  Students count up to find the total value of all the coins.
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Counting One, Two, and Five-Cent Coins

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this money worksheet, students add up the money that is represented in European coins. Students complete 9 problems on this worksheet.
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Money Matters

For Teachers K - 1st
Students count, record, and calculate money. They save, as well as to explain the value of jobs and working hard.
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Math on a Roll

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Students practice various math skills using a polyhedral die. For this dice game lesson, students practice multiplication, addition, place value, and money using games. Standard dice may be used instead of a polyhedral die with...
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Money, Money, Money

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL money conversation worksheet, students practice vocabulary connected to money and financial situations. Students engage in conversation with classmates in answering 20 questions about money.
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Hands On: Relate Fractions, Decimals, and Money

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this fractions worksheet, students solve 6 problems in which a story that compares two amounts of money is first read. Students determine which amount is greater. Students will be comparing decimals with fractions.
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Coins #2

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this counting the values of coins learning exercise, students count the pennies and total their amounts. Students solve 4 problems.
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Money

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars speak and listen to different prices of items and complete a worksheet. In this prices lesson plan, students circle the correct prices on a sheet they are given based on the ones their teacher calls out.
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Coins: Values of Nickels

For Students K - 1st
For this counting values of nickels worksheet, students fill in the blanks with the missing numbers of cents counting by fives. Students solve 4 problems.
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Count Or Non-Count Nouns? (Part 5)

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this count or non-count nouns worksheet, students fill in ten blanks in ten sentences with a c or a nc to show whether the preceding noun in each sentence is count or non-count.
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Count Or Non-Count Nouns?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this count or non-count nouns worksheet, young scholars fill in the blank in ten sentences with the appropriate noun needed to complete each sentence grammatically correct.
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What's Missing

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this money worksheet, students solve 4 word problems where they are given an amount of money and must determine how much more money they need to reach a given amount. The coins used are pennies, nickels, and dimes. Pictures of the...
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No More Money Trouble

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Young consumers explore money identification and counting. In this cross-curricular money instructional activity, they participate in comprehension and writing activities prior to and after reading the book Money Trouble by Bill Cosby....
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Pocket Change

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice identifying coins and their values. In this money identification lesson, students play a game, where they toll a coin, determine the value, and compare totals to win.
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Valentine Shop

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars use Coin Critters software to practice coin recognition. Students complete a printing project for the cover of Valentine cards and use monthly calendars or a hundreds chart to count by 5's and 10's. Young scholars use...
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Four Decimal, Fraction, and Percent Activities

For Students 6th - 10th
In this fraction instructional activity, students solve problems presented in four different activities.  The activities cover percentages, fractions, decimals, currency exchange, and value added tax.  A card "game" is one of...
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A Dollar for Penny

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students demonstrate different ways to make a dollar. In this consumer math instructional activity, students read the book A Dollar for Penny and identify the value of each coin. Students determine combinations of coins that can make up...