Kindergarten · Math · Unit 11 of 11
Coins
Get to know our coins
What your child practises
Recognizing the nickel, dime, quarter, loonie and toonie by colour, size and picture (values come in Grade 1), and playing store.
Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: Nunavut Mathematics K–6 (2025), K.SS.1.4 · identifying Canadian coins
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practise.
- Canadian coins are different sizes and colours.
- A nickel is 5¢. A dime is 10¢. A quarter is 25¢.
- A loonie is $1. A toonie is $2.
Example: Which coin has a beaver on it? The nickel has a beaver. It is worth 5¢. Answer: The nickel
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 one is a coin?
- 🍪cookie
- 🔘button
loonie
Hint: Coins are money made of metal. We use them to buy things.
Question 2
What is this coin called?
- toonie
- nickel
- dime
dime
Hint: A dime is the smallest coin. It is silver and has a sailing ship on it.
Question 3
Which coin has a caribou on it?
🦌caribouquarter
Hint: The quarter has a caribou on it.
Question 4
Which coin is the biggest?
toonie
Hint: The toonie is the biggest coin. Look at the size, not the number on it.
Question 5
You play store and want a toy. What do you do?
🧸- 🏃just take it
- 💵pay for it
- 🙈hide it
💵 pay for it
Hint: At a store, we pay before we take things home.
Question 6
Which coin has two colours?
toonie
Hint: The toonie is silver on the outside and gold in the middle.