Lesson 15 Identify Pennies, Nickels, and Dimes
Let’s learn about coins and their values.
Warm-up What Do You Know About …?
What do you know about money?
Activity 1 Show Me the Money
Problem 1
Name the coins in the group and find the value in cents.
Andre’s coins:
![7 dimes.](../../../../../downloads/6b409242--coins-andre.png)
Circle the name of the coins in this collection:
What is the value of the coins?
Show your thinking using numbers, words, drawings, or equations.
Problem 2
Name the coins in the group and find the value in cents.
Clare’s coins:
![7 pennies.](../../../../../downloads/8f4812d9--coins-clare.png)
Circle the name of the coins in this collection:
What is the value of the coins?
Show your thinking using numbers, words, drawings, or equations.
Problem 3
Name the coins in the group and find the value in cents
Han’s coins:
![7 nickels.](../../../../../downloads/50fbc7d2--coins-han.png)
Circle the name of the coins in this collection:
What is the value of the coins?
Show your thinking using numbers, words, drawings, or equations.
Problem 4
Show 2 different ways to make 10¢ using numbers, words, or drawings.
Activity 2 Compare Coins
Name the coins in each group and find the value in cents. Show your thinking using numbers, words, drawings, or equations.
Problem 1
Mai’s coins:
![3 nickels, 2 pennies.](../../../../../downloads/617ec9dc--coins-mai.png)
Circle the names of the coins in this collection:
What is the value of the coins?
Problem 2
Andre’s coins:
![6 pennies. 2 dimes.](../../../../../downloads/006ab3e5--coins-andre-2.png)
Circle the names of the coins in this collection:
What is the value of the coins?
Problem 3
Clare’s coins:
![5 dimes, 5 nickels.](../../../../../downloads/0da91468--coins-clare-2.png)
Circle the names of the coins in this collection:
What is the value of the coins?
Problem 4
Priya’s coins:
![3 dimes. 4 nickels. 6 pennies.](../../../../../downloads/17f81884--coins-priya.png)
Circle the names of the coins in this collection:
What is the value of the coins?
Problem 5
Compare your coin names and how you found the values with your partner.
Problem 6
Whose group of coins has the least value?
Problem 7
Who has the most coins? Does this group of coins have the greatest value? Explain.
Practice Problem
Problem 1
![3 dimes. 2 nickels. 4 pennies.](../../../../../downloads/c77f40dd--PP-2.6.D.-Lesson-15.png)
Which coins are shown in the picture?
What is the value of the coins altogether?