Learning About Money

Taught by Mary Nordstrom, Connie Usher, and Staci Meneguzzo

Latest update to this document: 14 November 1995

Coins and Their Value:

= $0.01

This is a penny. It takes 100 pennies to equal $1.00.

= $0.05

This is a nickel. It takes 20 nickels to equal $1.00.

= $0.10

This is a dime. It takes 10 dimes to equal $1.00.

= $0.25

This is a quarter. It takes 4 quarters to equal $1.00.

= $0.50

This is a half dollar. It takes 2 half dollars to equal $1.00. __________________________________________________________________

Questions:

1. How many nickels does it take to equal the value of a quarter?

2. How many dimes does it take to equal the value of a half dollar?

3. How many pennies does it take to equal the value of a dime?

4. How many quarters does it take to equal the value of a half dollar?

5. How many nickels does it take to equal the value of a dime?

6. How many pennies does it take to equal the value of a quarter?

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Answers:

1. 5 nickels

2. 5 dimes

3. 10 pennies

4. 2 quarters

5. 2 nickels

6. 25 pennies

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Link to Northern Michigan University

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