How to use this sheet

  • Have real coins and notes on the table, or play money, and name each one by its value.
  • Count the notes and dollar coins first, then the cents, and say the amount in dollars and cents.
  • Give change by counting up from the price to the note paid with.

Common mistakes

  • Thinking a bigger coin is worth more. A 50c coin is bigger than a $1 coin but worth less.
  • Writing 4 dollars and 30 cents as $4.3 or $4.03. It is $4.30.
  • Counting the coins instead of their value, so three 20c coins is 3 cents.

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