There is a fun book entitled, Pigs Will be Pigs: Fun with Math and Money. Pretend you went on a hunt for money and found 46 coins, all in dimes and nickels, for a total of $3.75. How many coins of each kind did you find?
A Dime at a Time- Pocket Change
Keala’s pocket change consists of 13 coins – pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Keala has more dimes than pennies, and more dimes than nickels. The number of each coin is divisible by 2. How many of each coin does Keala have? Is there more than one possible solution?
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A Dime at a Time – Dime Collection
Every day, Bryce gets 9 dimes for his coin collection. Every fourth day, he gives some of the 9 dimes to his cousin. He shares the same number each time. If he begins with 11 dimes on the first day, on which day will Bryce have exactly 98 dimes? How many dimes will Bryce have on the eighth day? Ninth day? How many dimes does Bryce share with his cousin?
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A Dime at a Time
What is the value of a dime these days? You may think it’s not a lot, but I’ll show you otherwise. I was able to find these fun activities that deal with using dimes. Check it out…I’ve got one for each grade level. Solve one or solve them all. Let me know what you come up with!
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Look Mom, No Regrouping
Kameron shows off his accurate adding.
Sean shows us two ways he solved his problem.
Here are some first graders from my math group who are learning to add larger 2 digit numbers without regrouping. They use a strategy that keeps the numbers whole and allows them to clearly understand their place value.
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