Canadian Money Counting Dimes Nickels Cents
Canadian Money Counting Dimes Nickels Cents
Canadian Money Counting Dimes Nickels Cents
This coin is called one cent or one penny. We write 1. Count up when finding how many cents total: Two dimes is 20. Four pennies is 4. The total is 24 cents. This coin is called one dime. It is worth ten cents - 10.
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24
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2. Use real money to make these amounts. Or, draw gray circles with 10 for dimes, and orange circles with 1 for pennies.
a. 12 b. 40
c. 24
d. 31
This coin is one nickel. It is worth five cents, or 5. Here is a little picture of a nickel.
= 6
Count up
6 = 13
Count up 5
10 11 12 13 = 36
= 17 10 15 16 17 30 35 36
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Two nickels (or two fives) always makes a ten! How many cents do you see? ________ Or, count the two nickels as a ten.
10 15
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25
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20
25
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40
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55
56 57
4. Dimes and nickels are sometimes hard to tell apart. A dime is a little smaller in size, but is worth more! Count the dimes and nickels. Write the total amount in cents.
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