The Value of Coins

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The Value of Coins

• Dr. Beth McCulloch Vinson
• Athens State University
• PT3 Grant Funding, Summer 2000

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Pennies, Nickels, Dimes, and Quarters

• A penny is worth 1 cent.
• A nickel is worth 5 cents.
• A dime is worth 10 cents.
• A quarter is worth 25 cents.

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Penny

• A penny is worth one cent.
• It is the coin that is worth the least amount.

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Nickel

• The nickel is worth 5 cents.

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Nickel

• It takes five pennies to equal one nickel.

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Nickel

• Count the pennies.

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Dime

• A dime is worth ten cents.
• Ten pennies equal one dime.
• Two nickels also equal one dime.
• Or a nickel and five pennies equal one dime.

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Dime

• A dime is worth ten pennies.

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Dime

• Count the pennies.

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Dime

• Two nickels also equal one dime.

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Dime

• Count the nickels.

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Dime

• Or a nickel and five pennies equal one dime.

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Dime

• Count the nickel and pennies.

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Quarter

• A quarter is worth 25 cents.
• There are several coin combinations that equal a
  quarter.
  

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Quarter

• It takes 25 pennies to equal a quarter.

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Quarter

• One dime and 15 pennies equal a quarter.

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Quarter

• Start counting at 10 with the dime and
  count the next penny 11 until you
  
• get to 25.

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Quarter

• One dime, 1 nickel, and 10 pennies equal a
  quarter.

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Quarter

• Count 10 for the dime, 15 when you get to the
  nickel, 16 when you get to the penny and so on
  until you reach 25.

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Quarter

• One dime, 2 nickels, and 5 pennies
• equal a quarter.

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Quarter

• Count the dime as ten and the two nickels as
  fifteen, twenty. When you get to the pennies
  say twenty-one, etc.

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Quarter

• One dime and 3 nickels equal a quarter.

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Quarter

• Count the dime and nickels.

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Quarter

• Two dimes and 1 nickel equal a quarter.

The two dimes and a nickel look a little like
Mickey Mouse. The two dimes make the ears and
the nickel forms the shape of the head.
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Quarter

• Count the dimes and nickel.

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