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Coin Exchanges
First graders do not always know how to represent a given amount of money with the fewest
number of coins. At this stage, it is important that your child understands that 5 pennies
can be exchanged for 1 nickel and that 10 pennies can be exchanged for 2 nickels or 1 dime.
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1 cent

5 cents

10 cents 10

1. Tell or show someone at home how many dimes

you get for 4 nickels.

Show each amount below using the fewest coins.
Use , , and .

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(Hint: Exchange pennies for nickels and nickels for

dimes.) Then write how much the coins are worth.
Example:

is the same as .

This is 6 cents.
2.

is the same as
This is

cents.

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is the same
as
This is

4.

.
cents.

is the same
as
This is

5.

.
cents.

is the
same as
This is

6.

continued

.
cents.

is the same as
This is

cents.

Fill in the missing numbers.

7. 10, 20,

, 50,

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