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Grade 2 Math · World 7: Clocktown Market · Level 62
Meet the Coins
Penny, nickel, dime, quarter: names and values.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 62
- This is a penny. It's copper colored and worth 1 cent. We write 1¢.
- A nickel is silver and bigger than a penny. It's worth 5 cents.
- A dime is the smallest coin, but it's worth 10 cents! Size doesn't tell you the value.
- A quarter is the biggest of these coins. It's worth 25 cents.
- Here they are together, with their values: 1 cent, 5 cents, 10 cents, and 25 cents.
Georgia's K-12 Mathematics Standards:
- 2.MDR.6.2 — Find the value of a group of coins and determine combinations of coins that equal a given amount that is less than one hundred cents, and solve problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.