The Value of Coins

Dr. Beth McCulloch Vinson

Athens State University

PT3 Grant Funding, Summer 2000

Pennies, Nickels, Dimes, and Quarters

A penny is worth 1 cent.

A nickel is worth 5 cents.

A dime is worth 10 cents.

A quarter is worth 25 cents.

Penny

A penny is worth one cent.

It is the coin that is worth the least amount.

Nickel

The nickel is worth 5 cents.

Nickel

It takes five pennies to equal one nickel.

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Nickel

Count the pennies.

1 2 3 4 5

=5 cents

Dime

A dime is worth ten cents.

Ten pennies equal one dime.

Two nickels also equal one dime.

Or a nickel and five pennies equal one dime.

Dime

A dime is worth ten pennies.

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DimeCount the pennies.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

=10 cents

Dime

Two nickels also equal one dime.

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Dime

Count the nickels.

105

=10 cents

Dime

Or a nickel and five pennies equal one dime.

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Dime

Count the nickel and pennies.

5 6 7 8 9 10

=10 cents

Quarter

A quarter is worth 25 cents.

There are several coin combinations that equal a quarter.

QuarterIt takes 25 pennies to equal a quarter.

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QuarterOne dime and 15 pennies equal a quarter.

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Quarter Start counting at “10” with the dime and

count the next penny “11” until you get to “25”.

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QuarterOne dime, 1 nickel, and 10 pennies equal a quarter.

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QuarterCount “10” for the dime, “15” when you get to the nickel, “16” when you get to the penny and so on until you reach “25”.

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QuarterOne dime, 2 nickels, and 5 pennies

equal a quarter.

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QuarterCount the dime as “ten” and the two nickels as “fifteen, twenty”. When you get to the pennies say “twenty-one”, etc.

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QuarterOne dime and 3 nickels equal a quarter.

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Quarter

Count the dime and nickels.

15 20

10

25

=25 cents

QuarterTwo dimes and 1 nickel equal a quarter.

=The two dimes and a nickel look a little

like Mickey Mouse. The two dimes make the ears and the nickel forms the

shape of the head.

QuarterCount the dimes and nickel.

10 20 25

=25 cents

A Project Developed for

Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology (PT3)

By Dr. Beth McCulloch Vinson

Athens State University, School of Education

http://www.athens.edu/vinsobm