Five pages on how dollars and cents fit together, for Year 2 and Year 3. Page 1 fills in a table of how many 50c, 20c, 10c and 5c coins make $1 and $2, then counts groups of coins in cents: children write each total and circle Yes or No for whether it makes exactly $1 (two groups come to 95c and 105c, so every coin must be counted). Page 2 counts notes and coins together, starting with the one worth the most, and writes the total in dollars and cents, as in $8.25; the first row shows the count under each note and coin. Page 3 writes amounts in cents ($1.85 = 185c, $4.05 = 405c) and in dollars (245c = $2.45, 5c = $0.05), then puts four amounts written both ways in order from least to greatest. Page 4 shows rows of three groups of coins: children circle the two worth the same, then fill in tables of different ways to make $1 and 50c. Page 5 asks children to pay for things such as an icy pole, a lamington and a footy with the fewest coins and notes; each price has only one fewest way. Every amount is a multiple of 5c, as Australia has no 1c or 2c coins. The coins and notes are our own drawings, in the real shapes, colours and sizes.
Before page 1, hand out play coins and ask each table to make $1 with only 20c coins, then only 10c coins: how many did they need? For page 3, write $1.85 and 185c on the board and ask whether they are the same amount, then show it with a $1 coin, a 50c, a 20c, a 10c and a 5c. Page 5 works well as a class shop: put the prices on real items and let children pay with play money, then check who used the fewest coins and notes.
Empty a purse or money box and count the coins together, biggest first. Ask your child to make $1 in two different ways, then to write an amount such as $2.35 in cents. At the shops, pick a price and ask which coins and notes would pay it with the fewest pieces.
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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How dollars and cents fit together, from 100 cents making $1 to amounts written like $3.45 or 345c. Students count coins and notes, write amounts in cents and in dollars, put them in order, make the same amount in different ways and pay with the fewest coins and notes.
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