Name: ____________________________ Date: ________________________
Counting Money Tasks: Dollars and Coins
Direction: Solve the
word problem. Then complete each task
using student-selected strategies. Respond
to each question in a complete sentence.
Task One A: Solve the
money word problem.
1. Tony has three
dollar. He bought a red toy car for two
dollar and fifty-eight cents. How much money did Tony receive back in
change?
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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
or cent sign.
Set One:
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Set Two:
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Task Two: What
conclusions did you draw about the two sets of coins that represent the amount of
money Tony received back in change?
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Task Three: What
ideas can you generate about each set of coins?
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Task Four: How are
the sets of coins alike?
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Task Five: How are
the sets of coins different?
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Task Six: How can you
use what you have learned in a real-life scenario?
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Task Seven: Why is it important to learn how to represent
the same amount of coins in different ways?
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