Count money - pennies, nickels, and dimes only
Time to count our coins! 🤑 We'll focus on just pennies, nickels, and dimes. Let's learn the best way to count them up to see how rich we are!
Concept
This is a great starting point for learning to count money because it uses the easiest coins to work with. **Coin Values Review:** * **Dime:** 10 cents (¢) - The most powerful of the three! * **Nickel:** 5 cents (¢) * **Penny:** 1 cent (¢) - The smallest value. **The Best Counting Strategy:** 1. **Sort the coins:** Make a pile for dimes, a pile for nickels, and a pile for pennies. 2. **Start with the dimes:** Always start with the coin that has the biggest value. Count by 10s for all your dimes. (10, 20, 30...) 3. **Count on with nickels:** From the number you ended on with dimes, keep counting on by 5s for each nickel. (e.g., from 30, you'd go 35, 40...) 4. **Finish with the pennies:** From where you stopped with nickels, count on by 1s for each penny to get your final total. (e.g., from 40, you'd go 41, 42, 43...) **Example:** You have 2 dimes, 3 nickels, and 4 pennies. * **Dimes:** 10, 20... * **Nickels (from 20):** 25, 30, 35... * **Pennies (from 35):** 36, 37, 38, 39. * Your total is 39 cents! **Key Idea:** Sorting and starting with the biggest value (dimes) makes counting much easier and helps you avoid mistakes.
Try it
Practice: Count money - pennies, nickels, and dimes only.