Counting Money: Coins and Bills

🎯 What Will We Learn Today?

Money makes the world go around! Today we'll learn to identify, count, and add coins and bills — real-life math skills you'll use every day!

📚 Know Your Coins

| Coin | Value | What It Looks Like |
|------|-------|-------------------|
| Penny | 1¢ ($0.01) | Copper color, smallest coin |
| Nickel | 5¢ ($0.05) | Silver color, larger than a penny |
| Dime | 10¢ ($0.10) | Smallest silver coin, ridged edge |
| Quarter | 25¢ ($0.25) | Largest common coin, ridged edge |

💵 Know Your Bills

| Bill | Value |
|------|-------|
| $1 | One dollar = 100 cents |
| $5 | Five dollars |
| $10 | Ten dollars |
| $20 | Twenty dollars |

🎮 Counting Coins

Always start with the biggest value and work down:

Example: 2 quarters, 1 dime, 1 nickel, 3 pennies

25¢ + 25¢ = 50¢

50¢ + 10¢ = 60¢

60¢ + 5¢ = 65¢

65¢ + 1¢ + 1¢ + 1¢ = 68¢

That's $0.68!

📐 Making Change

When you pay with a bigger bill, you get change back:
Change = Amount paid − Price

Example: You buy a $3.75 toy with a $5 bill.
$5.00 − $3.75 = $1.25 change

💡 Money Math Tips

100 cents = $1.00

To add dollars and cents: line up the decimal points

$2.50 + $3.25 = $5.75（add dollars separately from cents）

Count coins in groups that make $1.00（4 quarters, 10 dimes, 20 nickels, 100 pennies）

📝 Practice Problems

How many cents in 3 quarters and 2 dimes?

You have two $5 bills and three $1 bills. How much total?

A toy costs $2.85. You pay with $5. How much change?

Which is more: 4 quarters or 10 dimes?

If a snack costs $1.50 and you have 6 quarters, can you buy it?

🎮 Play a Game!

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