1st grade · Math · Unit 12 of 14
Coins & Cents
Name coins and count cents
What your child practices
US coins: naming the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, knowing what each is worth, writing cents with the ¢ sign, and counting a mix of dimes and pennies up to 100¢.
Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 1.2.3.3 · naming pennies, nickels and dimes and finding the value of a group of them
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- A penny is 1¢, a nickel 5¢, a dime 10¢ and a quarter 25¢.
- Count dimes by tens: 10, 20, 30.
- Then count on 1 for each penny.
Example: How much are 3 dimes and 4 pennies? Dimes: 10, 20, 30. Pennies: 31, 32, 33, 34. Answer: 34¢
Coins & Cents in Minnesota
In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 12 of 14 in 1st grade Math, after One Half and before Jump by Tens.
Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which shows 23 cents?
- 32¢
- 23¢
- $23
23¢
Hint: Write the number of cents, then the cent sign ¢.
Question 2
How much is one dime worth?
- 10¢
- 1¢
- 5¢
- 25¢
10¢
Hint: A penny is 1¢, a nickel 5¢, a dime 10¢ and a quarter 25¢.
Question 3
Priya has 6 dimes and 7 pennies. How many cents?
- 67¢
- 76¢
- 13¢
- 77¢
67¢
Hint: 6 dimes make 60¢. Add 7¢ for the pennies.
Question 4
What is this coin called?
- quarter
- penny
- nickel
nickel
Hint: A nickel is silver, bigger and thicker than a dime. It is worth 5¢.
Question 5
How many dimes make one dollar?
- 9
- 15
- 11
- 10
10
Hint: One dollar is 100¢. Count by tens to 100.
Question 6
Count by tens. How many cents?
- 50¢
- 15¢
- 40¢
- 60¢
50¢
Hint: Each dime is 10¢. Count 10, 20, 30… for the dimes.