Kindergarten · Math · Unit 12 of 13
Pennies & Dimes
Meet the coins
What your child practices
Meeting US coins: the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, with a focus on telling pennies from dimes, and counting pennies to add and take away within 10. Values come next year.
New York State Learning Standards learning standard: NY-K.MD.4; NY-K.OA.1 · exploring coins and beginning to tell pennies and dimes apart, and showing adding and taking away with pennies
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- A penny is the one coin that is not silver. It is 1 cent.
- A dime is the smallest coin. It is 10 cents.
- Count pennies one at a time.
Example: You have 3 pennies. You find 2 more. How many now? Start at 3. Count on 2: 4, 5. Answer: 5
Pennies & Dimes in New York
In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 12 of 13 in Kindergarten Math, after Sort & Count and before Build & Draw Shapes.
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 coin is worth 1¢?
penny
Hint: A penny is worth 1 cent.
Question 2
Which coin is the biggest?
quarter
Hint: The quarter is the biggest of these coins.
Question 3
Which is worth more: 1 dime or 6 pennies?
- 6 pennies
- 1 dime
- they are the same
1 dime
Hint: A dime is worth 10 cents. Each penny is 1 cent, so count the pennies and compare with 10.
Question 4
Zoe has 5 pennies and gives away 2. How many are left?
- 3
- 5
- 0
- 7
3
Hint: Start with 5. Count back 2.
Question 5
What is this coin called?
- quarter
- dime
- penny
quarter
Hint: A quarter is the biggest of these coins. It is silver and worth 25¢.
Question 6
Count the pennies. How many cents?
- 12¢
- 8¢
- 7¢
- 10¢
10¢
Hint: Each penny is 1 cent. Touch each penny as you count.