Before you start counting the coins in Jamir's coin jar, figure out which coin to start with. Should it be the penny or the quarter? Why? This is the focus around a worksheet that works well as an assessment on counting money and strategies for counting money.

Concepts

addition money, counting money, money math, money word problems, consumer math, united states currency

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use as a warm-up and have partners respond to the questions together before coming back to a larger discussion of the content
• Give as a review to counting money before a test on the standard, or attach the sheet to a final assessment

Classroom Considerations

• Best printed in color
• Assumes that learners have experience in counting money, and identifying coins based on how they look, especially if printing in black and white
• Provide paper for learners to write their answers
• The first page is blank

Pros

• Teacher version of the sheet contains commentary, expected learning outcomes, and solutions to problems

Cons

• None

Common Core

2.NBT.B.5 2.MD.C.8