Counting Money (USA)

**Key Elements and Scene Summary**

Inspired by the Royal Mint, this scene is an extension to the ‘Money – Coins and Notes scene’ where students will have been introduced to the currency from the U.S.A. Throughout the scene, models of coins and bills will be on display, as well as combinations of coins making up different values.

There will be benches where a coin or bill will be visible on the surface, and a space where money can be placed on. Movable combinations can be interacted with around the room, where students will need to move them to the correct bench when they determine the total value of the combinations.

# Learning Objectives

1. Use the $ and cent to recognize the value of money.{.info}
2. Combine amounts of money to make particular values.{.info}

# Coins and Bills{.objective .objective1}

- Use the scene as an opportunity to review prior knowledge of coins and bills. Students will explore models of coins and bills and should be able to recognize and determine their value.
- Students should be asked to identify the cents and the Dollar. They should be asked to put the coins and bills in order of lowest to greatest value.

# Combining Coins{.objective .objective2}

- Students can be reminded that coins and bills aren’t used on their own. They can be combined to make up different values. They should be mindful that for every 100 cents makes up $1 in their totals.
- Students should be encouraged to make up different values using combinations of coins. How about asking students to make up $1 in as many different ways and write it down.

# How Much?{.objective .objective3}

- Here, students will be able to complete an interactive task. Around the scene there will movable combinations of coins. These will add up to the total amounts on each of the benches.
- Ask students to explore the benches and values they need to make up. They should then place a specific movable combination of coins to the correct bench.

# Teacher Resources

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