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.

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.

Activity 2 More Coins to Compare

Problem 1

Elena’s Coins

2 quarters, 2 dimes, 2 nickels, 3 pennies.

  1. Elena has:

    1. quarters

    2. dimes

    3. nickels

    4. pennies

  2. How many cents? Show your thinking.

Problem 2

Tyler’s coins

1 quarter, 1 dime, 2 nickels, 2 pennies.

  1. Tyler has:

    1. quarters

    2. dimes

    3. nickels

    4. pennies

  2. 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.

  1. Which coins are shown in the picture?

  2. What is the value of the coins altogether?