Counting Money Amounts

KNOWLEDGE OF NUMBER RELATIONSHIPS AND COMPUTATION/ARITHMETIC COUNTING MONEY AMOUNTS

Here is a way to count money by 5s. Use these steps to practice skip counting sets of money.

Step 1: For each 5¢ value contained in the coin, draw lines, called “legs,” on the bottom of the picture of the coin. Quarter Dime Nickel Penny

2555 10 5 1

Step 2: As you count the value of a set of coins by skip counting, mark off the legs and label the last value counted.

25 35 40 41 ¢

Step 3: Practice: Using the steps described above, skip count to find the value of the set of coins below, and label the last value counted.

Baltimore County Public Schools Counting Money Amounts Department of Professional Development Outreach Docs\Content Areas\Math\Elementary Parent Support Services VSC Math 6.0 A 3 4/4/2018