The goal is to have the students come up with different groupings of these coins to add up to 25¢. There are lots of different ways to do it. For example, they could have 2 dimes and 5 pennies. They could have 25 pennies. They could have 2 nickels, 1 dime, and 5 pennies. They could have just one quarter.
If students haven’t played much with coins, you’ll see that sometimes they don’t understand why
a dime has more
value than a nickel. It should be bigger, right? It’s good to have a brief discussion about the fact that the size of a coin isn’t always an indicator of its value.
They should organize their finished combinations on a worksheet designed for this purpose or a flat tabletop. Once they have worked with the coins for awhile have them explain some of their finished combinations.
When they’ve mastered the combinations for 25¢, you can easily extend this activity by having students find combinations that yield 75¢ or $1.25.
You can also download a PDF version of this game to file away for later here on my site or on TeachersPayTeachers
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