Lesson 16 Identify Quarters
Let’s learn about quarters and find the value of different sets of coins.
Warm-up Choral Count: Counting on by 5
Count by 5, starting at 15.
Count by 5, starting at 40.
What patterns do you see?
Activity 1 How Much is a Quarter Worth?
Problem 1
Write the names and values of the coins you know.
![](../../../../../downloads/d19b40ed--coins-money-poster-4.png)
Problem 2
Complete the table so each row shows a value in cents and two different groups of coins that have that value.
![Coin table. Partially completed. Categories are coins, value in cents, and coins with same value. 6 rows.](../../../../../downloads/1851544a--V1-coins-table-NEW.png)
Activity 2 More Coins to Compare
Problem 1
Elena’s Coins
![2 quarters, 2 dimes, 2 nickels, 3 pennies.](../../../../../downloads/97907281--coins-elena-table.png)
Elena has:
How many cents? Show your thinking.
Problem 2
Tyler’s coins
![1 quarter, 1 dime, 2 nickels, 2 pennies.](../../../../../downloads/e461113c--coins-tyler-table.png)
Tyler has:
How many cents? Show your thinking.
Problem 3
Make your own set of coins with a value of 97¢.
I used:
quarters
dimes
nickels
pennies
Problem 4
Make your own set of coins with a value of 66¢. Use the fewest number of coins possible.
I used:
quarters
dimes
nickels
pennies
Practice Problem
Problem 1
![2 quarters. 3 dimes. 1 nickel. 2 pennies.](../../../../../downloads/3e3b689a--PP-2.6.D.-Lesson-16.png)
Which coins are shown in the picture?
What is the value of the coins altogether?