1st grade · Math · Unit 16 of 16
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¢.
New York State Learning Standards learning standard: NY-1.MD.3b; NY-1.MD.3c · naming coins and their values, using the ¢ sign, and counting a mix of dimes and pennies up to 100 cents
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 New York
In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 16 of 16 in 1st grade Math, after Add Three Numbers.
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 66 cents?
- $66
- 76¢
- 66¢
66¢
Hint: Write the number of cents, then the cent sign ¢.
Question 2
How much money is this?
- 12¢
- 39¢
- 29¢
- 49¢
39¢
Hint: Count the dimes by tens: 10, 20, 30. Then count on 1 for each penny.
Question 3
What is this coin called?
- penny
- quarter
- dime
dime
Hint: A dime is the smallest coin. It is silver and worth 10¢.
Question 4
Which coin is worth the least?
nickel
Hint: Size can fool you: a dime is small, but it is worth more than a nickel or a penny.
Question 5
How many pennies make a dime?
- 10
- 15
- 9
- 11
10
Hint: A dime is 10¢. Count by ones to 10.
Question 6
Count by tens. How many cents?
- 18¢
- 50¢
- 80¢
- 60¢
80¢
Hint: Each dime is 10¢. Count 10, 20, 30… for the dimes.