Coins & Notes
Recognise the common coins and notes of the local currency by their features (size, shape, colour, image, texture), know their values, understand that physical size alone does not rank monetary value and that different designs can share one value, and know that different combinations can make the same amount (in Canada, for example: nickel 5¢, dime 10¢, quarter 25¢, loonie $1, toonie $2, and $5, $10, $20 and $50 bills; a play-money penny can stand for 1¢)
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Sort U.S. money by value and make equivalent amounts.
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Sort U.S. money by value and make equivalent amounts.
Sort U.S. money by value and make equivalent amounts.
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Money as You Grow
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Public Consumer Financial Protection Bureau page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.
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Check understanding
- Sort a handful of mixed local coins into groups by value and state the value of common coins and notes when shown them, recognising each by its features (in Canada, for example: nickel 5¢, dime 10¢, quarter 25¢, toonie $2; in Australia: 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, $1 and $2 coins and $5 to $100 notes)
- Order coins and notes by value and explain that a bigger coin is not always worth more (e.g. the Canadian dime is smaller than the nickel but worth more; the Australian $2 coin is smaller than the 50c coin) and that two different designs can have the same value
- Find two different ways to make the same amount using different coins and notes, real or virtual
“If you tipped out a jar of coins, could your child sort them, tell you how much each type is worth, and explain why the biggest coin isn't always the one worth the most?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Life Skills
- Domain
- Money & Finance
- Age range
- Ages 3–9
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