Coin Values
Recognise and know the value of different coins and notes
Lesson
Set out your lesson
“Coin Values means recognising coins and notes and knowing what each is worth. We will name values, match coins to amounts, then check a fresh coin.”
Bring to the table
- Play coins/notes or labeled paper coins (1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £5 as available; parent keeps tiny coins away from mouths)
- Paper and pencil
Extra for the adult
Worked example. A 10p coin is worth ten pence. A £1 coin is worth 100p.
Optional challenge. For Coin Values, sort coins low to high and make 20p two ways. Optional: shop label mini prices.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: coins tried; values named; support used. This session samples recognition, not mastery of every amount.
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Coin Values means recognising coins and notes and knowing what each is worth. We will name values, match coins to amounts, then check a fresh coin.
Spend about 12 minutes recognising coin and note values, then checking a new piece of money.
Compare stated UK money values while separating value reading from recognising real coins.
Compare stated UK money values while separating value reading from recognising real coins.
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Practice this concept
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Recognise coin and note values.
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Learning resources
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Illustrative Mathematics · Practice link — not the full lesson
Choices, Choices, Choices
Before you open · source notes
Coin-choice stories support coin values and money combinations. Not every decimal dollar algorithm.
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Before you openAsk the learner to make the same amount with two different coin sets.
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Check understanding
- Identify 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2 coins
- Know that a £2 coin is worth more than a 50p coin
- Recognise £5 and £10 notes
“If your child is given a handful of coins, can they name each one — like 2p, 5p, 20p — and sort them from least to most valuable?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Measurement
- Age range
- Ages 5–6
Standards