Couch Cushion Coins

Couch Cushion Coins

Ages 6–8 · 9 minutes · Math

Join Gabriella as she goes on a hunt for coins in couch cushions and other places

In this lesson, students will practice introductory money math skills including:

– Calculating the value of small collections of coins of the same type
– Review identifying coins by name

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Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.
  • 2.MP8 — Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

Alabama

  • MA19.1.20 — Identify pennies and dimes by name and value.
  • MA19.2.24a — Identify nickels and quarters by name and value.
  • MA19.2.24b — Find the value of a collection of quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.
  • MA19.2.24 — Solve problems with money.
  • MA19.2.7 — Count within 1000 by ones, fives, tens, and hundreds.

Alaska

  • 1.MD.6 — Identify values of coins (e.g., nickel = 5 cents, quarter = 25 cents). Identify equivalent values of coins up to $1 (e.g., 5 pennies = 1 nickel, 5 nickels = 1 quarter).
  • K.MD.6 — Identify coins by name.
  • 2.NBT.2 — Count up to 1000, skip-count by 5s, 10s and 100s.
  • 2.MD.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills and coins using the $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.

Arizona

  • 1.MD.B.3b — Identify coins by name and value (pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters).
  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving collections of money, including dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. Record the total using $ and ¢ appropriately. See Table 1.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

Arkansas

  • 1.GM.6 — Identify coins by name and value, including penny, nickel, dime, and quarter.
  • 1.GM.7 — Count collections of like coins including pennies, nickels, and dimes to determine their total value up to 100 cents.
  • 1.NPV.2 — Skip count forward by multiples of fives within 120.
  • 2.GM.12 — Count collections of mixed coins and solve real-world problems involving quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies within 99¢ and whole dollar amounts.

California

  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 2s, 5s, 10s, and 100s.

Colorado

  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. Example: If you have two dimes and three pennies, how many cents do you have?
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

Connecticut

  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

Delaware

  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

Florida

  • MA.1.M.2.2 — Identify pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, and express their values using the ¢ symbol. State how many of each coin equal a dollar.
  • MA.1.M.2.3 — Find the value of combinations of pennies, nickels and dimes up to one dollar, and the value of combinations of one, five and ten dollar bills up to 100. Use the ¢ and symbols appropriately.
  • MA.1.NSO.1.1 — Starting at a given number, count forward and backwards within 120 by ones. Skip count by 2s to 20 and by 5s to 100.

Georgia

  • 1.MDR.6.3 — Identify the value of quarters and compare the values of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.
  • 2.MDR.6.2 — Find the value of a group of coins and determine combinations of coins that equal a given amount that is less than one hundred cents, and solve problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
  • 2.MDR.6 — Solve real-life problems involving time and money.
  • K.NR.1.4 — Identify pennies, nickels, and dimes and know their name and value.

Hawaii

  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.
  • MP7 — Look for and make use of structure.

Idaho

  • 1.MD.D.5 — Identify quarters, dimes, and nickels and relate their values to pennies. Find equivalent values (e.g., a nickel is equivalent to five pennies).
  • 1.NBT.A.1 — Starting at a given number, count forward and backwards within 120 by ones. Skip count by twos to 20, by fives to 100, and by tens to 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral.
  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies (up to 10), using and ¢ symbols appropriately and whole-dollar amounts.

Illinois

  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

Indiana

  • 1.M.3 — Identify the value of a penny, nickel, dime, and a collection of pennies, nickels, and dimes.
  • 1.NS.1 — Count to at least 120 by ones, fives, and tens from any given number. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral. (E)
  • 2.M.6 — Find the value of a collection of pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and dollars. (E)

Iowa

  • 2.MD.IA.C.2 — Identify nickels, quarters and dollars and know their values. Conceptual
  • 1.MD.IA.B.1 — Identify pennies and dimes and their values. Count a mixed collection of dimes and pennies to determine the cent value (total not to exceed 100 cents).
  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. For example, if you have 3 quarters, 2 dimes and 4 pennies, how many cents do you have? For this standard, it may be appropriate to record amounts using decimals but does not include adding and subtracting with decimals.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count forward and backward within 1,000; skip-count forward and backward by 5s, 10s, and 100s.
  • K.MD.IA.B.1 — Identify the penny and know the value is one cent. Count pennies up to 20.

Kansas

  • 2.MD.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately (Do not use decimal point, if showing 25 cents, use the word cents or ¢). For example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have?
  • 2.MD.9 — Identify coins and bills and their values.
  • 2.NBT.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 2s, 5s, 10s, and 100s; explain and generalize the patterns.

Kentucky

  • KY.1.MD.3.b — Identify the coins by values (penny, nickel, dime, quarter).
  • KY.K.MD.4 — Recognize and identify coins by name (penny, nickel, dime, quarter).
  • KY.1.MD.3 — Assign values to time and money.
  • KY.2.NBT.2 — Count forwards and backwards within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s and 100s.
  • KY.2.MD.8 — Solve word problems with adding and subtracting within 100, (not using dollars and cents simultaneously) using the $ and ¢ symbols appropriately (not including decimal notation).

Louisiana

  • 1.MD.D.5 — Determine the value of a collection of coins up to 50 cents. (Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters in isolation; not to include a combination of different coins.)
  • K.MD.C.4 — Recognize pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters by name and value (e.g., This is a nickel and it is worth 5 cents.)
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.
  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.

Maine

  • 1.MD.D.5 — Identify the coins and each corresponding value. (e.g. penny, nickel, dime, and quarter)
  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. Example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have?
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s. Identify patterns in skip counting at any number. (For example, 37, 47, 57 or 328, 428, 528, etc.)

Maryland

  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

Massachusetts

  • 1.MD.D.5 — Identify the values of all U.S. coins and know their comparative values (e.g., a dime is of greater value than a nickel). Find equivalent values (e.g., a nickel is equivalent to five pennies). Use appropriate notation (e.g., 69¢). Use the values of coins in the solutions of problems (up to 100¢).
  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies (up to 10), using and ¢ symbols appropriately and whole dollar amounts. For example, if you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have? If you have $3 and 4 quarters, how many dollars or cents do you have? (Students are not expected to use decimal notation.)
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1,000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s. Identify patterns in skip counting starting at any number.

Michigan

  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

Minnesota

  • 2.3.3.2 — Identify pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Find the value of a group of coins and determine combinations of coins that equal a given amount. For example: 50 cents can be made up of 2 quarters, or 4 dimes and 2 nickels, or many other combinations.
  • 1.1.2.3 — Recognize the relationship between counting and addition and subtraction. Skip count by 2s, 5s, and 10s.
  • 1.3.2.3 — Identify pennies, nickels and dimes; find the value of a group of these coins, up to one dollar.

Mississippi

  • 1.MD.5.a — Identify the value of all U.S. coins (penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half-dollar, and dollar coins). Use appropriate cent and dollar notation (e.g., 25¢, $1).
  • 1.MD.5.c — Count like U.S. coins up to the equivalent of a dollar.
  • 2.NBT.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s starting at any number ending in 5 or 0. Skip-count by 10s and 100s starting at any number.
  • K.E.1.3 — Recognize monetary units.

Missouri

  • 1.GM.C.9 — Know the value of a penny, nickel, dime and quarter.
  • K.GM.B.5 — Identify pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
  • 1.NBT.A.4 — Count by 10s to 120 starting at any number.
  • 1.NS.A.4 — Count by 5s to 100 starting at any multiple of five.
  • 2.GM.D.12 — Find the value of combinations of dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies, using $ and ¢ appropriately.

Montana

  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

Nebraska

  • 1.G.3.b — Count collections of like coins (penny, nickel, and dime) relating to patterns of counting by 1s, 5s, and 10s.
  • 1.G.3 — Time and Money: Students will solve problems with coins and tell time to the half hour.
  • 1.N.2.d — Understand patterns of skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s.
  • K.G.3.a — Identify the name and value of pennies, nickels, and dimes.
  • 2.G.5.a — Solve problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.

Nevada

  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

New Hampshire

  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.
  • SS.EC.2.4.1 — Identify the characteristics of money. (Themes: C: People, Places and Environment, D: Material Wants and Needs, G: Science, Technology, and Society)

New Jersey

  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. Example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have?
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

New Mexico

  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

New York

  • NY-1.MD.3.b — Recognize and identify coins (penny, nickel, dime, and quarter) and their value and use the cent symbol (¢) appropriately.

North Carolina

  • NC.1.MD.5 — Identify quarters, dimes, and nickels and relate their values to pennies.
  • NC.2.MD.8 — Solve word problems involving: • Quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies within 99¢, using ¢ symbols appropriately. • Whole dollar amounts, using the $ symbol appropriately.
  • NC.2.NBT.2 — Count within 1,000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

North Dakota

  • 1.GM.M.4 — Identify and tell the value of a dollar bill, quarter, dime, nickel, and penny.
  • 1.GM.M.5 — Count collections of coins (pennies, nickels, and dimes) relating to counting patterns by 1s, 5s, and 10s up to one dollar.
  • 1.NO.CC.5 — Skip count forward and backward by 5s and 10s from multiples and recognize the patterns of up to 10 skip counts.
  • 2.GM.M.4 — Count collections of money (quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies) relating to counting patterns by 1s, 5s, and 10s up to one dollar.

Ohio

  • 1.MD.3.b — Identify pennies and dimes by name and value.
  • 2.MD.8.a — Identify nickels and quarters by name and value.
  • 2.MD.8.b — Find the value of a collection of quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.
  • 2.NBT.2 — Count forward and backward within 1,000 by ones, tens, and hundreds starting at any number; skip-count by 5s starting at any multiple of 5.
  • 2.MD.8.c — Solve word problems by adding and subtracting within 100, dollars with dollars and cents with cents (not using dollars and cents simultaneously) using the $ and ₵ symbols appropriately (not including decimal notation).

Oklahoma

  • 1.N.4 — Identify coins and their values.
  • 1.N.4.1 — Identify pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters by name and value.
  • 1.N.4.3 — Determine the value of a collection of pennies, nickels, or dimes up to one dollar, counting by 1s, 5s, and 10s.
  • 1.N.1.4 — Count forward, with objects, from any given number up to 100 by 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s.
  • 2.N.4.1 — Determine the value of a collection of coins up to one dollar using the cent symbol.

Oregon

  • 2.GM.D.11 — Solve problems in authentic contexts involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ (dollars) and c (cents) symbols appropriately.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5's, 10's, and 100's.
  • K.5 — Identify forms of US money and explain how money is used.

Pennsylvania

  • CC.2.4.2.A.3 — Solve problems and make change using coins and paper currency with appropriate symbols.
  • CC.2.1.2.B.2 — Use place-value concepts to read, write, and skip count to 1000.
  • CC.2.2.2.A.3 — Work with equal groups of objects to gain foundations for multiplication.

Rhode Island

  • 1.MD.D.5 — Identify the values of all U.S. coins and know their comparative values (e.g., a dime is of greater value than a nickel). Find equivalent values (e.g., a nickel is equivalent to 5 pennies). Use appropriate notation (e.g., 69¢). Use the values of coins in the solutions of problems (up to 100¢).
  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies (up to 10), using and ¢ symbols appropriately and whole dollar amounts. For example, if you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have? If you have $3 and 4 quarters, how many dollars or cents do you have? (Students are not expected to use decimal notation.)
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s. Identify patterns in skip counting starting at any number.

South Carolina

  • 1.MDA.6 — Identify a penny, nickel, dime and quarter and write the coin values using a ȼ symbol.
  • 2.MDA.7 — Solve real-world/story problems involving dollar bills using the $ symbol or involving quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies using the ȼ symbol.
  • 1.NSBT.1b — Extend the number sequence to count by fives and tens to 100, starting at any number.

South Dakota

  • 2.MD.C.8 — Identify and count coins and bills and apply that understanding to solve word problems.
  • 2.MD.C.8.a — Recognize and know the value of coins up to one dollar.
  • 1.MD.B.5 — Identify nickels and understand that five pennies can be thought of as a nickel. Identify dimes and understand ten pennies can be thought of as a dime. Count the value of a set of coins comprised of pennies, nickels, and dimes.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s, starting from any number in its skip counting sequence.

Tennessee

  • 1.MD.B.4 — Count the value of a set of like coins less than one dollar using the ¢ symbol only.
  • K.MD.B.3 — Identify the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter based on their attributes (size and color) and recognize the value of each.
  • K.CC.A.1 — Count to 100 by ones, fives, and tens. Count backward from 10.

Texas

  • 1.4A — identify U.S. coins, including pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, by value and describe the relationships among them;
  • 1.4C — use relationships to count by twos, fives, and tens to determine the value of a collection of pennies, nickels, and/or dimes.
  • 2.5A — determine the value of a collection of coins up to one dollar; and
  • 2.5B — use the cent symbol, dollar sign, and the decimal point to name the value of a collection of coins.

Utah

  • 1.MD.5 — Identify the values of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters and know their comparative values. (For example, a dime is of greater value than a nickel.) Use appropriate notation to designate a coin’s value. (For example, 5¢.)
  • 2.MD.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. For example, if you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have?
  • 2.NBT.2 — Count within 1,000; skip-count by fives, tens, and hundreds.
  • K.4.2.d — Recognize various forms of United States coins and currency.

Vermont

  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

Virginia

  • 1.NS.1g — Count by ones, fives, or tens to determine the value of a collection of like coins (pennies, nickels, or dimes), whose total value is 100 cents or less.
  • 1.NS.1c — Represent forward counting patterns when counting by groups of 5 and groups of 10 up to 120 using a variety of tools (e.g., objects, coins, 120 chart).
  • 1.NS.1f — Identify a penny, nickel, and dime by their attributes and describe the number of pennies equivalent to a nickel and a dime.
  • 2.NS.4a — Identify a quarter and its value and determine multiple ways to represent the value of a quarter using pennies, nickels, and/or dimes.

Washington

  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

Washington, D.C.

  • 2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

West Virginia

  • M.1.18 — Identify the value of coins and use dimes and pennies to model the relationship between money and place value (e.g., exchange 10 pennies for 1 dime or exchange 10 dimes for 1 dollar).

Wisconsin

  • M.2.MD.C.8 — Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
  • M.2.NBT.A.2 — Count within 1,000; skip-count by fives, tens, and hundreds.
  • SS.Econ3.b.1 — Categorize types of money (e.g., coins, bills) and explain why money is used. Formulate reasons why people save.

Wyoming

  • 1.MD.I.3.B — Identify U.S. coins by value (pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters).
  • K.MD.G.4 — Identify U.S. coins by name (pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters).
  • 2.MD.H.8 — Solve word problems up to 10 involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using (dollars) and ¢ (cents) symbols appropriately.