Coin Identification
It's the only copper-colored coin....
Penny
When counting in Fives, every number will end in....
Five or Zero
How many dimes are needed to make $1.00?
TEN!
How many Quarters does it take to make $1.00?
Four!
To work with a pile of mixed coins, the first step should be....
To sort the coins
The first U.S. President, George Washington, is pictured on this U.S. coin....
Quarter
How Many Dimes are needed to make 50¢?
FIVE!
1 through 9
To count quarters, the pattern that repeats over and over and over is.....
25-50-75-100
To work with a pile of mixed coins, the second step is...
To start counting the largest value coins first
It's the smallest U.S. coin and has President Franklin Roosevelt on the front....
Dime
Arranging coins in rows or columns of FIVE so they can be easily counted is called....
"Block Counting" or Base 5
Arranging coins in rows or columns of TEN is called....
"Block Counting" or Base 10
The number of Quarters needed to equal one Half Dollar.....
TWO!
To count a mixed pile of coins, the third step is....
To change the way you count when changing between coin types
Besides their size, one of the main ways a person can tell the difference between a Quarter and a Nickel
Thomas Jefferson's shirt collar on the Nickel, vs. George Washington's bare neck on a Quarter
How many Nickels would you need to equal 1 Quarter?
FIVE!
Picking any number on the 0-99 Chart, to count UP +10 from that number, how many squares and in what direction should you move.....
Down 1 square
After counting "75", the next number will be....
Another 100 cents, or
The Next Dollar
Counts up 1-9 same as Counting in 1s
How much money you would have if you had 1 of each of the 4 major US coins....
41¢
If a customer pays for something that COSTS 25¢ with a Nickel, you should do this.....
Politely ask for more money
(Use good Customer Service!)
Name something that can be counted in FIVES....
Anything!
Nickels
Pennies
Quarters
Clouds
Fingers
Toes
Pizzas!
Using the 0-99 Chart, counting which dollar bill is exactly the same pattern as counting dimes.....
Ten Dollar Bill
Quarters can be counted even faster using this method....
Speed Counting or "Counting Fingers"
(also Block Counting)
One person on U.S. dollar bills who was not a President.....
Benjamin Franklin ($100)
or
Alexander Hamilton ($10)