Coins & Cents Describing American Money

Penny We have many words to talk about how money is used.

$.01 or 1¢

Nickel We can spend our money on anything we want or we can save it for later needs.
$.05 or 5¢ Products we buy or charge each cost different amounts of money. Some things are
expensive and cost a lot while others are cheap. The exact number of dollar and
Dime
$.10 or 10¢ cents is called the price. For services like electric and internet you receive a bill.
The money you use in each country is the currency. We earn money by working and
Quarter we can also invest in stocks to increase it. Banks offer several accounts and cards:
$.25 or 25¢ checking (debit card), credit, and savings. To withdraw or deposit money when
you can’t locate a bank you use an ATM. Banks can lend us money and we can
Dollar Coin borrow it from them. Later we must pay it back though. We may owe interest on
$1.00 the loan. When you are wanting to be generous you can choose to donate to a
fundraiser. A budget is a good way to plan smart ways to save money.
Dollars & Bills
One Dollar How do you write these prices?
$1.00
$3.75 _________________________________________________
Five Dollars
$5.00 $56.08 _________________________________________________________
Ten Dollars $84,932.17 __________________________________________________________
$10.00

Twenty Dollars
$20.00
What is the name of your currency? (Dollars, Riyal, Pesos, etc.)
Fifty Dollars
$50.00 In your country how much does a bottle of water cost?
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One Hundred Dollars How much does a small car cost?

$100.00
How much does university tuition cost?