US Mint
Coin Connections
Help young mathematicians make cents out of the US currency system with this two-part math lesson. Children first learn the names and values for each type of coin, before learning to count and compare the values of coins using the...
Council for Economic Education
A Penny Saved
A penny saved is a penny earned! Scholars research the different ways to save money over a lifetime. They investigate the Rule of 72, compound interest, and sub-prime loans to gain an understanding of how banks aid in the saving process....
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Model Counting Pennies and Nickels
First graders provide monetary value of coins. In this counting pennies and nickels lesson plan, 1st graders practice counting money with a partner.
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Count, Compare and Make Change
Second graders review the value of coins and how to make change. In this counting money activity, 2nd graders compare coins, practice making change, and review the value of coins using hands-on activities.
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Shopping
Students demonstrate how to count money through a simulated shopping experience. In this consumer math lesson, students read the book Just Shopping With Mom and count play money to illustrate how much the items in the book cost.
K12 Reader
Money, Money, Everywhere!
Pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half-dollars, dollars. Here's a comprehension worksheet that asks young readers to respond to a series of questions based on a passage about money.
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My Test Book: Money
For this online interactive math skills worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems that require them to count coins. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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How Much Money Do I Have?
In this counting coins activity, students solve 4 problems in which a set of coins is counted. Students write the total value of the set of coins. Included on this page are pennies, nickels and dimes only.
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Nickels and Pennies 3
In this counting coins worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to solve 6 problems that require them to identify the value of the money shown.
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Counting Sets of Coins
In this counting sets of coins worksheet, students, while working with a partner, practice counting coins within five word exercises.
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Dimes and Pennies: Draw Coins
In this counting coins worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to solve 6 problems that require them to draw the value of the coins in each of the problems.
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Use Coins to Show an Amount
In this counting coins worksheet, students read the money amounts within the word problems and then determine which mathematical operation to use to solve the word problems and find the amounts.
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Pennies, Nickels, and Quarters
In this counting coins activity, students use their addition skills to solve 6 problems that require them to write the total value of the 6 groups of coins.
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Nickels and Pennies
In this counting coins worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to solve 6 problems that require them to identify the value of the money shown.
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Nickels and Pennies
In this counting coins activity, learners use their problem solving skills to solve 5 problems that require them to identify the value of the money shown.
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Nickels and Pennies 2
In this counting coins worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to solve 4 problems that require them to identify the value of the money shown.
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Pennies, Nickels, and Dimes
In this counting coins worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to solve 6 problems that require them to identify the value of the money shown.
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Pennies, Nickels, and Dimes
In this counting coins worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to solve 4 problems that require them to identify the value of the money shown.
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Nickels and Pennies
In this counting money worksheet, students study the illustrated coin pictures and then find the value of the coins. Students write the values on the lines.
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Dimes and Pennies
In this counting coins worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to solve 6 problems that require them to identify the value of the money shown.
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Pennies, Nickels, and Dimes: Match
In this counting coins activity, students use their problem solving skills to solve 6 problems that require them to circle the coins that match the prices.
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Pennies, Nickels, and Quarters: Prices
In this counting coins worksheet, students use their addition skills to solve 6 problems that require them to circle the coins that match the price in each of the 6 groups.
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Pennies, Nickels, and Quarters: Missing Values
In this counting coins worksheet, students use their subtraction skills to solve 6 problems that require them to fill in the missing values.
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Money: Count Pennies, Save a Dollar
Learners determine how to make the largest sum of money using the least amount of coins. In this mixed currency lesson, students listen to a reading of If You Made a Million by David M. Schwartz before participating in money counting...