Counting Coins
This worksheet is part of a larger unit, ‘Counting Money and Counting Change’. The unit is great for practising the skill of counting money and counting change and provides opportunities to add and subtract dollars and cents with whole numbers and decimal numbers. The unit also includes numerous visual examples and opportunities to practise the skill, as well as worksheets to continue to practise and revise the concept of money.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to recognise the relationships between dollars and cents and represent money values in different ways, e.g. calculating change in role-plays.
- We are learning to count the change required for simple transactions to the nearest five cents and represent money in multiple ways.
- We are learning to recognise and extend place value to tenths and hundredths use decimal notation to name and represent decimals.
- We are learning to solve problems involving purchases and calculate change to the nearest 5 cents, using both mental strategies and digital tools.
Curriculum alignment
AC9M3M06
9
Recognise the relationships between dollars and cents and represent money values in different ways
AC9M4N01
9
Recognise and extend the application of place value to tenths and hundredths and use the conventions of decimal notation to name and represent decimals
ACMNA059
8.4
Represent money values in multiple ways and count the change required for simple transactions to the nearest five cents
MA2-1WM
old
Uses appropriate terminology to describe, and symbols to represent, mathematical ideas
MA2-2WM
old
Selects and uses appropriate mental or written strategies, or technology, to solve problems
MA2-3WM
old
Checks the accuracy of a statement and explains the reasoning used
MA2-5NA
old
Uses mental and written strategies for addition and subtraction involving two-, three-, four- and five-digit numbers
MA2-RN-01
new
Applies an understanding of place value and the role of zero to represent numbers to at least tens of thousands
MA2-RN-02
new
Represents and compares decimals up to 2 decimal places using place value
MA2-AR-01
new
Selects and uses mental and written strategies for addition and subtraction involving 2- and 3-digit numbers
MA2-AR-02
new
Completes number sentences involving addition and subtraction by finding missing values
MA2-MR-01
new
Represents and uses the structure of multiplicative relations to 10 × 10 to solve problems
MA2-MR-02
new
Completes number sentences involving multiplication and division by finding missing values
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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