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Grade 2 Supplement Set A6 – Number and Operations: Money
Young scholars get familiar with money during this series of engaging math activities. A game has class teams accumulating money and using symbol and number cards to display their total amount correctly on a pocket chart. All the symbol...
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Number Cents
Students identify the value of coins. In this number cents lesson, students use coins to create sets of equivalent values. They create patterns with coins and write the value of coins in two forms. Students count the value of given...
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Dollars and Cents Word Problems
Explore money math with these addition and subtraction word problems. Learners solve three scenarios, each of which is illustrated for visual learners. They use knowledge of different types of US currency to determine how much money is...
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50 Cent- "Get Rich or Die Tryin"
In this popular culture reading comprehension worksheet, students read a detailed biography of rapper 50 Cent. Students answer 5 comprehension questions. Note: This is a high interest article with photographs, but contains details of his...
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A Mass of Pennies
Learners estimate and determine the number of cents (pennies) that are needed to equal the mass of a variety of common objects. They develop a process for measuring and explore concepts related to units of measurement.
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Adding Money
Show young economists that adding money is just like adding the numbers they are used to. They complete two addition tables, adding monetary values under 50 cents. There are a couple done for them to give guidance, but learners must...
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Working with Money
How much money do you have? Scholars add up dollars and cents to get totals for 12 visual addition problems. They look at pictures of the currency and write the total numerically (remember that dollar sign). Although the coin images look...
Illustrative Mathematics
Cell Phone Plans
Turn your classroom into a local cell phone store. Then, have your cell phone agents use linear equations to visually display three cell plans and their advantages. It makes for a great group project. Discuss how to decide which plan is...
Illustrative Mathematics
Margie Buys Apples
One of the most common, everyday applications of math is dealing with money. This single problem calculating how much change Margie receives is more involved than it appears at first glance. An understanding of how fractions and decimals...
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Equal Value
Which coins add up to these values? Young mathematicians examine five cent values, circling the coins needed to amount to them. Next, they compare money values in four sets of coins. First, learners add up each set to find the total...
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Number Riddles - Word Problems
Although this set of 16 word problems aren't the most riveting, they give clear practice opportunities for learners to solve missing factor and dividend problems. Each scenario is only a sentence or two, and some don't even involve...
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Cents-ible Chemistry-Analysis of the Metal in a Penny
Students determine the base metals and surface metals in a penny. For this analysis of metals lesson plan, students determine the density of five pennies minted in different years. They use different chemicals such as hydrochloric acid,...
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Mixed Tables
How many pennies does each person get? There are four visual division problems for young mathematicians to solve, and they divide 12 pennies among a set of people for each. They draw the coins above each recipient and then write the...
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Money Subtraction (D); Increments of 5 Cents
In this money subtraction worksheet, students subtract numbers that are in dollars and cents. Students do 20 problems that have them subtract using decimals since they are subtracting money amounts. These are in increments of 5 cents.
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Groupon Math: Dollars or Cents
In this coupon math worksheet, 9th graders read two coupons and answer 4 questions about how the coupons work. Students must write written responses to explain problems with the coupons.
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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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Identify Coins
Kill two birds with one stone (as they say). Your class can practice problem solving skills, basic addition and subtraction, as well as work on coin values. This worksheet includes six money related word problems to solve.
Terry Kawas
One Hundred Shoes
Practice counting and patterns in one fun activity! After discussing the word cent and what it means, kids count the number of body parts on the centimeter and add two legs to each. They then determine if there is a faster way to count,...
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Making Cents of Fractions and Decimals
Students explore decimals and fractions using groups of 100 pennies. By classifying the pennies in different ways, there are an unlimited number of ways to learn fractions, decimals, and place value in money. This is a good, hands-on...
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Multiple Solutions
For this multiple solutions worksheet, 3rd graders solve and complete 6 different problems that include determining multiple solutions for each. First, they identify the number of items in each and the total cost for the items. Then,...
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Making Sense of Dollars and Cents
Teaching the money system to youngsters through games, literature, and real-world simulations
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Euro Cent Trick
Young scholars investigate the positive and negative aspects of the currency switch to the euro in eleven European countries as of January 1, 1999. They research the previous currencies of the eleven countries and create posters...
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Pennies for Peace; Using Common Cents to Create Global Change in The Middle East
Ninth graders read, write, listen and speak in relation to gathering information as it pertains to service learning. For this service learning lesson, 9th graders read the book Three Cups of Tea and the complete guide to service learning...
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Money
Converting money is both practical and an excellent gateway into future math concepts, and scholars get plenty of practice here! There are four sections, each with 12 values for them to convert. First, they change cent values into...