How Many Pennies Make a Dollar?

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The I Like Money Math! series shows the middle reader how to identify, count, add, and subtract money. The book format is as much visual as it is textual. A straightforward presentation of the basics of money and math gives the young reader an essential grasp on the real world of math. This title explains the relationship of the values of coins and bills. Step by step, the penny, nickel, dime, quarter, one-dollar bill, five-dollar bill, ten-dollar bill, and twenty-dollar bill are presented. The O symbol is explained. Then the child is told how to count each coin and group the various coins to add up to other types of coins or bills. For example, the reader is shown in photos how pennies add up to a nickel, a dime, or a quarter. Then nickels are laid out and the reader is shown how to count them by 5s and to put them together to equal a dime, then a quarter. Dimes are counted by 10s, and the relationship between the number in the tens place and the number of dimes is pointed out. And so the lesson continues until all the coins and bills up to $20 are counted and interrelated. This book would be a good adjunct to arithmetic lessons learned in school. A child will probably find the subject interesting, especially if he or she has some money tucked in a pocket. There are references to books and websites, plus an index. Practice worksheets are online., Children's Literature