Common Core Counting Money Task Sheet

Name:  _________________   Date:  _______________

Counting Money Task Sheet

Direction:  Solve the money word problem and tasks.  If it is necessary, use money manipulatives or real coins to solve the word problem.   Explain each task in a complete sentence.

Task One A:  Tina has two quarters and three dimes.  How many cents does she have in all?

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Task One B:  Draw and label the answer to the word problem using two different sets of coins.  Label each set of coins using the dollar sign and cent sign.

Set 1:

Set 2:

Task Two:  What conclusions did you draw about the two sets of coins that represent _____ cents?  Write two sentences that justify the reason that you drew each set of coins.

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Task Three:  Add another coin to each set.  Make sure you add the same coin to each set.  What coin did you add?  _______________   What did you predict would happen to each set of coins when you added another coin to each set?

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Task Four:  What would happen if you subtracted one coin from set one and set two? 

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Task Five:  How are set one and set two alike in task one B? 

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Task Six:  How are set one and set two different in task one B?

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Task Seven:  How can you use what you have learned in a real-life scenario?

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Choice Task:

Task Eight A:  Draw _______ cents in a different way to demonstrate how you used the idea, model, and solution to represent the same amount of coins in different ways to solve the word problem.

Set 3:

Task Eight B: Write one sentence that explains how the coins in set one, set two, and set three demonstrate how you used the idea, model, and solution to represent the same amount of coins in different ways.

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