Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
1.4.a
identify U.S. coins, including pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, by value and describe
the relationships among them;
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
1.4.b
write a number with the cent symbol to describe the value of a coin; and
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
1.4.c
use relationships to count by twos, fives, and tens to determine the value of a collection
of pennies, nickels, and/or dimes.
Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking:
MA.1.2.2
Identify pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, and express their values using the ¢ symbol. State how many of each coin equal a dollar.
Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking:
MA.1.2.3
Find the value of combinations of pennies, nickels and dimes up to one dollar, and the value of combinations of one, five and ten dollar bills up to $100. Use the ¢ and $ symbols appropriately
Arkansas Academic Standards:
1.GM.6
Identify coins by name and value, including penny, nickel, dime, and quarter.
Arkansas Academic Standards:
1.GM.7
Count collections of like coins including pennies, nickels, and dimes to determine their total value up to 100 cents.
1st Grade Math - Money Lesson
Coins and What They Are Worth
Here are four coins. Each coin is shown front and back. Each coin is worth some cents. What a coin is worth is its value.
penny
1 cent, 1¢
nickel
5 cents, 5¢
dime
10 cents, 10¢
quarter
25 cents, 25¢
The cent sign, ¢, means cents.
The size of a coin does not tell what it is worth. A dime is the smallest coin. But a dime is worth more than a penny or a nickel.
Some groups of coins are worth the same as one coin. 5 pennies are worth the same as 1 nickel. 10 pennies are worth the same as 1 dime. 2 nickels are worth the same as 1 dime. 5 nickels are worth the same as 1 quarter. 2 dimes and 1 nickel are worth the same as 1 quarter.
Example:
A dime is worth 10 cents. A penny is worth 1 cent.
Count pennies by ones until we get to 10 cents.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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9
10
10 pennies are worth the same as 1 dime. Two nickels are worth the same as 1 dime too: 5, 10.
5
10
Example:
A quarter is worth 25 cents.
2 dimes and 1 nickel: count 10, 20, 25. That is 25 cents.
10
20
25
5 nickels: count 5, 10, 15, 20, 25. That is 25 cents too. Both groups are worth the same as 1 quarter.
5
10
15
20
25
Count Coins
We can count by twos, fives, and tens to find what a group of coins is worth. Two pennies are 2 cents. So we count pairs of pennies by twos. A nickel is 5 cents. So we count nickels by fives. A dime is 10 cents. So we count dimes by tens.
Example:
The pennies are in pairs. Each pair of pennies is 2 cents.
Count by twos: 2, 4, 6, 8.
2
4
6
8
The pennies are worth 8¢, or 8 cents.
Example:
Each nickel is 5 cents. Count by fives: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30.
5
10
15
20
25
30
The nickels are worth 30¢, or 30 cents.
Example:
Each dime is 10 cents. Count by tens: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70.