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Random Walk
In this algebra learning exercise, 11th graders are given a word problem with clues and asked to find the probability of heads or tails landing when a coin is tossed so many times. There is an answer key.
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Value of Money
Second graders examine a collection of coins to discover their value. In this value of money lesson, 2nd graders identify the amount of money represented by each coin. Students use a worksheet to complete story problems involving...
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Add the Coins
In this finding the total amount of coins worksheet, students add pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Students solve 10 consumer math problems.
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Battle of "The Cents"
Students explore money. In this counting money lesson, students play a card game using the rules of "War." Students turn over cards, determine the money value represented, and the student with the highest value keeps the cards.
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Expression Exchange
Bank on your ability to write equivalent expressions. Scholars use an interactive to create expressions using coins. They then convert these to algebraic expressions and figure out how to evaluate them. A game with various difficulty...
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Ancient Story Problems
Pupils research ancient civilizations, and develop story problems using symbols and coins from those times. They retell these story problems using modern terms and coins.
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Introducing money (Elementary, Mathematics)
Young scholars study the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, one each day for four days, using a magnifying glass to identify the similarities. Then students discuss differences and value and learn a 'rap' to memorize values.
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Money Match
Learners review coin identification and play a game in which they must match a coin to its value.
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Expected Outcome
Students determine expected values of experiments and explore distributions of experiments. They guess as to how many times a coin will flip heads in fifty tries. They flip a coin fifty times graphing the results on a histogram. They...
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Quarter Combos
Students play a review game that allows them to practice identifying coins and their values and create coin combinations that equal 25 cents.
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Nickels and Pennies
In this counting money worksheet, students study the illustrated coin pictures and then find the value of the coins. Students write the values on the lines.
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Can You Match the Coin's Amount?
In this money worksheet, students draw a line from the picture of the coin to the value in cents. There are five problems on this page.
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Can You Match the Coin's Name?
For this consumer math worksheet, students draw a line between each matching coin and its name. They match the words penny, nickel, quarter, dime and half dollar.
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Money Addition
In this money addition instructional activity, students add sets of coins, writing the amount of each coin in the group beneath it, then writing the total. Students are reminded to "put the cents sign in."
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Florida State Quarter Facts
In this Florida worksheet, students analyze a large photo of the state quarter for Florida. Using this photo, students answer 5 questions about the information about the state that can be learned from looking at the coin.
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Illinois State Quarter
In this Illinois worksheet, learners study a picture of the state quarter of Illinois. Using the information on the coin, students answer 5 short essay questions.
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And the Nominee Is...
Students research commemorative coin honorees and share the reasons for the recognition with the class. Then the teams select individuals they believe deserve to be on a coin, write short essays explaining their selection, and illustrate...
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Fractions: Add and Subtract
In this fractions worksheet, learners count the spare change they have at home and complete a chart, filling in coin values, number they have and total value for each. Students then represent the make a pie chart to represent fractions...
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Are You Money Smart?
Learners figure out and discuss the irony of this coin-centric poem. They also practice persuasive letter writing, and identify and count coin/money values.
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Using Guess, Check and Revise
Students answer coin related math questions using the guess, check and revise process for problem solving.
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Ben Franklin Half Dollar
Students research contributions to American culture and technological progress through Benjamin Franklin's quotes and inventions. They also analyze research in order to design a coin honoring Ben Franklin's contributions.
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Surface Tension On Coins
Learners drop water onto clean coins to determine the tension of each coin and then to graph their findings.
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Show Me Economics
Students identify the penny as a copper coin worth 1 cent. They discover information found on the penny: President Lincoln's face, Lincoln Memorial, date, and location of minting.
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Over, Under, In, and Out
Students investigate the concept of coin design. They look at the inscriptions found on coins by handling them in class. The design is found in the state of West Virginia. The objects pictured on the coin are described by students and...