Measures and time · Ages 6–7

Coins worksheet

Part of: Coins and price tags

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Measures and time · Ages 6–7

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13.Ka-yan empties a money box and finds the coins in the picture. How much was in the money box?
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14.Ka-yee has 2 one-dollar coins and changes them all into fifty-cent coins. How many fifty-cent coins is that?
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15.Tsz-hin's purse has 2 two-dollar coins and 4 one-dollar coins. How much is in the purse?
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16.Ming empties a money box and finds the coins in the picture. How much was in the money box?
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17.May's purse has 3 two-dollar coins and 4 one-dollar coins. How much is in the purse?
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18.Chi-keung has 3 one-dollar coins and changes them all into fifty-cent coins. How many fifty-cent coins is that?
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Coins worksheet: Answers and working

1. 9 dollars
Start with the coin worth the most, then count on with the smaller ones.
Start with the biggest and count on: $9 in all.
2. 13 ten-cents
Start with the coin worth the most, then count on with the smaller ones, all in ten-cents.
Count the 50¢ first, then the 20¢, then the 10¢: 13 ten-cents in all.
3. 10 coins
First think how many ten-cents make $1. Each coin is worth 1 of them.
$1 is 10 ten-cents; counting in 1s up to 10 takes 10 coins.
4. 9 dollars
Find the coin worth the most and start from it, then add on the smaller ones one by one.
Biggest first, then count on the smaller ones: $9 in all.
5. 2 coins
First think how many ten-cents make $1. Each coin is worth 5 of them.
$1 is 10 ten-cents; counting in 5s up to 10 takes 2 coins.
6. 10 coins
First think how many ten-cents make $2. Each coin is worth 2 of them.
$2 is 20 ten-cents; counting in 2s up to 20 takes 10 coins.

7. B
Check whether each coin is marked in dollars or in cents, then look at the number.
The coin marked $10 is the $10 coin; the ones in ¢ are cents.
8. C
Check whether each coin is marked in dollars or in cents, then look at the number.
The coin marked $2 is the $2 coin; the ones in ¢ are cents.
9. D
Check whether each coin is marked in dollars or in cents, then look at the number.
The coin marked $1 is the $1 coin; the ones in ¢ are cents.
10. A
Count each set, starting with the biggest coin, and see which one comes to exactly $9.
Count each set from the biggest coin: the one reaching exactly $9 is the answer.
11. B
Count each set, starting with the biggest coin, and see which one comes to exactly $6.
Count each set from the biggest coin: the one reaching exactly $6 is the answer.
12. A
Count each set, starting with the biggest coin, and see which one comes to exactly $8.
Count each set from the biggest coin: the one reaching exactly $8 is the answer.

Marking: 2 for the working, 1 for the answer, 1 for the sentence.

13. 8 dollars
Start with the coin worth the most, then count on with the smaller ones.
Biggest first, then count on: $8.
14. 4 coins
How many fifty-cent coins does $1 change for? Do that once for each of Ka-yee's dollar coins.
$1 changes for 2 fifty-cents, so 2 one-dollar coins give 4.
15. 8 dollars
Count the two-dollar coins in twos first, then count on the one-dollar coins.
Count the $2 coins in twos, $4, then count on the $1 coins: $8.
16. 10 dollars
Start with the coin worth the most, then count on with the smaller ones.
Biggest first, then count on: $10.
17. 10 dollars
Count the two-dollar coins in twos first, then count on the one-dollar coins.
Count the $2 coins in twos, $6, then count on the $1 coins: $10.
18. 6 coins
How many fifty-cent coins does $1 change for? Do that once for each of Chi-keung's dollar coins.
$1 changes for 2 fifty-cents, so 3 one-dollar coins give 6.

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