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38 NEL

Use skip counting to count the value of coins.

You will need

• play coins

Ivan and Nala are counting their money.

I have 17 quarters. I have 3 nickels, 5 dimes,2 quarters, and 4 loonies.

loonie

100¢

quarter25¢

dime

10¢

nickel

5¢

Ivan’s Counting

I can skip count by 25s for the

quarters and say 17 numbers.

25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, …

How much money does each student have?

Talk with a classmate about how you would

count each set of coins.

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NEL

Nala’s Counting

1. a) Skip count to figure out

the total amount of

money.

b) What other coins areworth the same amount?

2. Chloe has 5 nickels, 8 quarters, and 2 loonies.

Count her coins. Record your number patterns.

Use It!

C. How are the skip-counting patterns for

dimes and loonies different?

D. What is the same about the way Ivan countedand the way Nala counted? What is different?

A. Would you have counted each set of coins the sam

way as Ivan and Nala? Explain your thinking.

B. Finish each student's counting. Record the numbe

How much money does each student have?

I skip count by 100s for the 4 loonies:

one hundred, two hundred,

three hundred, four hundred.Then I skip count on from

400 by 25s for the 2 quarters:

400, 425, 450.

Next I’ll skip count for the 5 dimes.