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Using Math Manipulatives

Joe E. Hart

Activity by: Math By All Means, Money Grades 1-2 , Jane Crawford, Cuisenaire Co. 1996

Money Count

•4 quarters

•5 dimes

•5 nickels

•15 pennies

Bag of Pennies

• Estimate Pennies

• Range of Estimate?

• Count by 1’s and 2’s

• How many pennies for a nickel?

• Count by 5’s to 21

• How many pennies in a dime?

• Count by 10’s to 21

• Penney a day for a month in a jar



Coins and Magnifiers

•Use Magnifiers to find things that are alike and different about coins

The Matching Game [P]• Materials: Cubes, sock with 1

quarter, 1 dime, 1 nickel, and 1 penny inside.

• Without looking find ____.• Take cube if you do find a match.• Put coins back in sock.• Play until all the cubes are used

up.• Make a train of cubes. Compare

the number trains.



Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday

• Anthony Had:• two dollars ___

• three quarters ___• one dime ___

• seven nickels ___• eighteen pennies ___

• Total ___

Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday

•Nicholas Had:•one dollar ___

•two quarters ___•five dimes ___

•five nickels ___•thirteen pennies ___

•Total ___



• Alexander spent:• Bubble gum ___

• Betting ___• Rent a snake ___• Being mean ___

• Flushed down toilet ___• Fell through crack ___

• Candy Bar ___• Magic trick ___

• Kicking Anthony ___• Garage sale ___

• How much left?___

D a t e s [ W ]

• F i n d d a t e o n y o u r p e n n y• W r i t e y o u r d a t e o n a p o s t - i t n o t e i n

l a r g e p r i n t• P u t p o s t - i t i n t h e p r o p e r p l a c e t o

m a k e a g r a p h• D i s c u s s g r a p h ( r a n g e , m o d e )• W h i c h i s o l d e r ? Y o u o r P e n n y ?


Combinations of Coins [W]• Materials: Pennies, nickels,

dimes, overhead coins• Guess coins on overhead• Write value in circles• Find sums• Use penny, nickel and dime

to find all the possible combinations and values

• Example: Dime and Penny• 10 cents + 1 cent = 11 cents

DOLLAR WORD$•E = $0.05•L = $0.12•E = $0.05•P = $0.16•H = $0.08•A = $0.01•N = $0.14•T = $0.20

•Total = $1.00

Activity from: The $1.00 Word Riddle Book, Marilyn Burns, Cuisenaird, New Rochelle, NY, 1990

What’s used to figure discounts?

•A = $0.01 B = $0.02 C = $0.03 •D = $0.04 E = $0.05 F = $0.06 •G = $0.07 H = $0.08 I = $0.09•J = $0.10 K = $0.11 L = $0.12•M = $0.13 N = $0.14 O = $0.15•P = $0.16 Q = $0.17 R = $0.18•S = $0.19 T = $0.20 U = $0.21•V = $0.22 W = $0.23 X = $0.24•Y = $0.25 Z = $0.26

I robbed from the King•A = $0.01 B = $0.02 C = $0.03

•D = $0.04 E = $0.05 F = $0.06

•G = $0.07 H = $0.08 I = $0.09

•J = $0.10 K = $0.11 L = $0.12

•M = $0.13 N = $0.14 O = $0.15

•P = $0.16 Q = $0.17 R = $0.18

•S = $0.19 T = $0.20 U = $0.21

•V = $0.22 W = $0.23 X = $0.24

•Y = $0.25 Z = $0.26

Activity from: The $1.00 Word Riddle Book, Marilyn Burns, Cuisenaire, New Rochelle, NY, 1990

Activity from: The $1.00 Word Riddle Book, Marilyn Burns, Cuisenaire, New Rochelle, NY, 1990



Race for a Quarter [P]• Materials: die, bag of coins• Take turns• Roll die• Number on die tells you how

many pennies• Exchange coins if you can, If it

is your turn• Play until player trades for a

quarter

Money in the Bank [I]• Materials: Banks, bag of coins• Choose a bank• Read the amount written on it• Count that amount of coins• Have partner check you• Have partner fill the bank with a

different combination of coins• Check your partner



$coops of Coins [I]

• Materials: Pennies, Nickels, Dimes, spoon, p176

• Scoop out some coins• Sort the coins• Make a graph• Trace around coins and label

them• Write at least one sentence

about your graph

$coops of Coins [I]

•Pennies•Nickels•Dimes•I have twice as many pennies as dimes.


The Two-Coin Game [P]

• Materials: sock with 2 pennies, 2 nickels, 2 dimes and 2 quarters; & cards

• Take turns• Draw a card• Reach into sock and draw out 2 coins that

are worth the value on the card• If correct, then keep the card• Incorrect, then return card to bottom of deck

Money to $pend [I]

• Materials: 2 dimes, 2 nickels, & 2 pennies

• Number paper from 1 to 32

• Cross out each amount you cannot spend using only combinations of the the 6 coins

• Is there a pattern? Why?

Guess My Value [p]

• Materials: Coins and divider• Take turns• Student “A” combines coins and

tells Student “B” how many coins were used

• Student “B” tries to guess the value and the coins that were used.

Flick Football [p]• Materials: Flick

Football Game board

• Flick 4 pennies from the X spot

• Find the sum of the numbers covered by the pennies

Activity by: Joe E. Hart, CCPS

Activity by: Joe E. Hart, CCPS

Activity by: Rolling in the Dough, Money Games for Kids, Vol. IV, Joanne Currach & Jane Felling, 1994

K e e p a B u d g e t [ P ]

• M a t e r i a l s : c o i n s , d i c e

• R o l l d i e a n d t a k e c o i n i n d i c a t e d– 1 o r 2 = 1 p e n n y

– 3 o r 4 = 1 n i c k e l

– 5 o r 6 = 1 d i m e

• T a k e t u r n s b u i l d i n g t o t h e b u d g e t o f 5 0 c e n t s

• M a y “ f r e e z e ” a t a n y t i m e

• P l a y e r c l o s e s t t o 5 0 c e n t s w i t h o u t g o i n g o v e r i s t h e w i n n e r

Hidden Values [3]

• Materials: die, mixed coins

• Roll Die, Each player secretly selects the number of coins indicated on die

• Roll again to determine who takes the coins for the round.– 1 or 2 = lowest total wins all

– 3 or 4 = in between the other two players

– 5 or 6 = highest total wins all

• Tie, then divide between players

• Winner = Most money after 5 rounds


Piggy Bank or Bust [P]

• Materials: die, pennies, container

• Start with 10 pennies in container

• Roll a 1, 3, or 5 subtract that amount

• Roll 2, 4, 6 add that amount

• Predict how much after 5 rolls

• If busted (no money) then roll until you get an even number to add

• Winner = closest to prediction

M o n e y W a r

• M a te r ia ls : d ic e , c o in s• E a c h p la y e r ro l ls a d ie a n d s e le c ts

th e a p p ro p r ia te c o in s• M a k e a s e n te n c e to c o m p a re th e

v a lu e s• “ T w e n ty F iv e c e n ts is g re a te r th a n

5 c e n ts ” • O n e w ith g re a te r v a lu e k e e p s th e

c o in s• R o l l a g a in i f a t ie

1 = P e n n y

2 = n ic k e l

3 = d im e

4 = q u a r te r

5 = 2 d im e s

6 = 3 d im e s



O n e D o l l a r D e b i t [ P ]• M a t e r i a l s : d i e , m i x e d c o i n s , o n e d o l l a r b i l l

• P r e d i c t h o w m a n y t u r n s i t w i l l t a k e t o l o s e 1 d o l l a r

• P l a y e r r o l l s d i e a n d s u b t r a c t s a m o u n t– 1 = s u b t r a c t 1 c e n t

– 2 = s u b t r a c t 5 c e n t s

– 3 = s u b t r a c t 1 0 c e n t s

– 4 = s u b t r a c t 2 5 c e n t s

– 5 o r 6 = r o l l a g a i n

• W i n n e r = p l a y e r c l o s e s t t o p r e d i c t i o n


• Objective: To putt through the money hoops without spending a dollar.

• Materials:– Wooden arches– Large soda bottle tops or golf balls– Golf club– Coin pictures– Coins

• Procedures:1. Putt through the coins hoops2. Pay as many coins as it takes to putt through a hoop.

Example: If it takes 4 tries to get through the nickel hoop, then you would pay $.20.3. Try to make it through all hoops with just one dollar in change.

Coin Croquet


P ig s W ill B e P ig s [P ]• M r. P ig fo u n d

– $ 1 .0 0

– $ 2 .0 0

– $ 2 0 .0 0

• M rs. P ig fo u n d– $ 0 .1 0

– $ 0 .0 5

– $ 0 .2 5

– $ 5 .0 0

• M rs. P ig an d th e p ig le ts fo u n d

– $ 1 .0 0

– $ 1 .0 0

– $ 0 .5 0

– $ 0 .1 7

– P ig le ts fo u n d

– $ 0 .6 0

– $ 1 .0 0

– $ 2 .0 0

• T o ta l $ 3 4 .6 7

• Objective: To putt through the money hoops without spending a dollar.

• Materials:– Wooden arches– Large soda bottle tops or golf balls– Golf club– Coin pictures– Coins

• Procedures:1. Putt through the coins hoops2. Pay as many coins as it takes to putt through a hoop.

Example: If it takes 4 tries to get through the nickel hoop, then you would pay $.20.3. Try to make it through all hoops with just one dollar in change.

Coin Croquet

10 cents

20 cents

30 cents

40 cents

50 cents

40 cents

30 cents

20 cents

50 cents

10 cents

5 cents

15 cents

25 cents

35 cents

45 cents

50 cents

45 cents

35 cents

25 cents

15 cents

5 cents

0 cents

penny

penny

nickel

nickel

dime

dime

quarter

quarter

half dollar

half dollar

one dollar

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Add up total.

Flick 4 pennies from the “X” spot.

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