Counting Coins to One Dollar

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Objective

I can count sets of coins up to one dollar.

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Warm-up video

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Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    A penny is worth one cent, and a nickel is worth five cents.

  2. 2

    A dime has a value of ten cents, and a quarter is worth twenty-five cents.

  3. 3

    Five pennies make a nickel, and two nickels make a dime.

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Practice

3 questions

1

Which coin is worth five cents?

2

If you have one dime and three pennies, how many cents do you have in total?

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Exit ticket

Quick comprehension check

Count the total value of these coins: one quarter, two dimes, three nickels, and four pennies.

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