Identifying Coins and Value of Coins

Learning the value of coins! A Money Lesson!!

​By Rosalyn Shurden

Draw

If you had $5,000 to spend what is something you would spend it on? Draw either one thing or multiple things !!

Poll

How confident are you today in knowing how to count the value of coins?

• i don't know anything

• I can for the most part

• I am confident

• I am very confident !

A quarter is worth 25 cents. The current design has George Washington on the front (heads) and a bald eagle on the back (tails).

Quarter

​A dime is worth 10 cents. The design is President Roosevelt on the front (heads) and a torch, olive branch, and oak branch on the back (tails).

Dime

​A nickle is worth 5 cents and it has Thomas Jefferson on the front (heads) and depiction of Monticello, Jefferson's home in Virginia on the back (tails).

Nickle

​​A penny is worth 1 cent. It's design is Abraham Lincoln on the front (heads) and a sheild on the back (tails). This represents preservation of the USA as a single country during Lincoln's presidency.

Penny

While still used in everyday transactions, coins are increasingly being replaced by digital forms of currency in many societies.

​impact of technology

The side with the person's face is always called heads and the side with another object drawn on it is always called tails.

​heads and tails

Some facts about coins

Multiple Choice

How many cents is a quarter?

• 25 cents

• 10 cents

• 5 cents

• 1 cent

Multiple Choice

How many cents is a dime?

• 25 cents

• 10 cents

• 5 cents

• 1 cent

Multiple Choice

How many cents is a nickle?

• 25 cents

• 10 cents

• 5 cents

• 1 cent

Multiple Choice

How many cents is a penny?

• 25 cents

• 10 cents

• 5 cents

• 1 cent

Match

Match the following.

Find the dime coin!

Find the quarter coin!

Find the penny coin!

Find the nickle coin!

• Find the dime coin!

• Find the quarter coin!

• Find the penny coin!

• Find the nickle coin!

Draw

Rachel has 5 dimes, 2 quarters, 1 nickle, and 6 pennies. How much money does Rachel have?

Draw

Mary has 3 quarters, 4 dimes, 2 nickles, and 7 pennies. She gives Jessica 1 quarter, 2 dimes, 1 nickle, and 2 pennies. How much money does Mary have left?

Multiple Choice

How much MORE confident are you now in your counting of coins?

• not at all

• kind of

• more confident

• soo much more confident

Y'all rocked today!!
Great job counting your coins!!