Money
Count US coins
Count pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and optional half-dollars. Choose tokens or real coin images, six or nine problems, and totals in cents or dollars.
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Compare US coin values
Total two U.S. coin collections and compare their values. Choose labeled teaching tokens or real pictures of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
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Read the value of every teaching coin and total each group in cents. Write <, > or = to compare the two amounts, not the number of coins.
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This separate edition uses photographs of selected U.S. coin designs or official specimen banknote fronts. Choose Real currency images in the customizer to make another set.
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Compare money amounts in cents even when the collection with fewer coins has the greater value.
Worked example
Compare one quarter and one penny with two dimes and one nickel.
26 cents > 25 cents.
The first collection is 25 + 1 = 26 cents. The second is 10 + 10 + 5 = 25 cents. Two coins can therefore be worth more than three coins.
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- Choose fewer denominations while coin values are new, then mix values once counting is reliable.
- Keep both totals in cents so that the comparison uses the same unit. Collections contain two to six teaching coins for readable practice.
- The original edition uses labeled tokens. Choose real currency images to connect the same value comparisons with selected U.S. coin designs; other currencies are not included.
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