Counting Coins Like a Pro!

Math Grades 1st Grade 4:30 Video
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Lesson Description

Learn to identify and count American coins (quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies) to find the total value of a group of coins. Get ready to become a money master!

Video Resource

Counting American coins | Measurement and data | Early Math | Khan Academy

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Duration: 4:30
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Key Concepts

  • Identifying different US coins (quarter, dime, nickel, penny)
  • Knowing the value of each coin (25 cents, 10 cents, 5 cents, 1 cent)
  • Adding the values of coins to find the total amount

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to identify a quarter, dime, nickel, and penny.
  • Students will be able to state the value of each coin.
  • Students will be able to calculate the total value of a group of coins.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students what they know about money. Show them real coins and ask if they can name them. Explain that today they will learn how to count these coins.
  • Video Viewing (7 mins)
    Play the Khan Academy video 'Counting American coins'. Encourage students to pay attention to the names and values of each coin. Pause the video at key points to ask questions.
  • Guided Practice (10 mins)
    After the video, review the coins and their values. Write the values on the board. Work through a few examples together, similar to the video, where you have a collection of coins and add them up to find the total value. Use real or play money for this.
  • Independent Practice (8 mins)
    Give each student a worksheet with pictures of different groups of coins. Have them write the value of each coin and then add them up to find the total value for each group.
  • Wrap-up (5 mins)
    Review the answers to the worksheet. Ask students to share what they learned. Reiterate the importance of knowing how to count money.

Interactive Exercises

  • Coin Sorting Game
    Provide a pile of mixed coins. Have students sort them into groups based on the type of coin (quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies).
  • Money Matching Game
    Create cards with pictures of coins and matching cards with their values (e.g., a card with a quarter and a card with '25 cents'). Have students match the coins to their values.

Discussion Questions

  • What is your favorite coin and why?
  • Why is it important to know how to count money?
  • Can you think of a time when you used money?

Skills Developed

  • Coin identification
  • Addition skills
  • Problem-solving
  • Counting

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

Which coin is worth 25 cents?

Correct Answer: Quarter

Question 2:

How much is a nickel worth?

Correct Answer: 5 cents

Question 3:

Which coin is worth 1 cent?

Correct Answer: Penny

Question 4:

How much is a dime worth?

Correct Answer: 10 cents

Question 5:

If you have a nickel and a penny, how much money do you have?

Correct Answer: 6 cents

Question 6:

If you have two dimes, how much money do you have?

Correct Answer: 20 cents

Question 7:

Which coin is the biggest?

Correct Answer: Quarter

Question 8:

A quarter is worth how many pennies?

Correct Answer: 25

Question 9:

What two coins make 15 cents?

Correct Answer: Dime and Nickel

Question 10:

If you have a quarter and a penny, how much money do you have?

Correct Answer: 26 cents

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

A ______ is worth 25 cents.

Correct Answer: quarter

Question 2:

A ______ is worth 10 cents.

Correct Answer: dime

Question 3:

A ______ is worth 5 cents.

Correct Answer: nickel

Question 4:

A ______ is worth 1 cent.

Correct Answer: penny

Question 5:

Two nickels are worth ______ cents.

Correct Answer: 10

Question 6:

Two quarters are worth ______ cents.

Correct Answer: 50

Question 7:

A dime and a penny are worth ______ cents.

Correct Answer: 11

Question 8:

A nickel and two pennies are worth ______ cents.

Correct Answer: 7

Question 9:

The smallest coin is the ______.

Correct Answer: dime

Question 10:

Four pennies are worth ______ cents.

Correct Answer: 4

Educational Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.1.MD.C.4:Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another. CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.A.1:Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem. CCSS.Math.Content.1.NBT.C.4:Add within 100, including adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number, and adding a two-digit number and a multiple of 10, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used. Understand that in adding two-digit numbers, one adds tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose a ten.

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