Virginia SOL 2.NS.4.a
The Standard
Identify a quarter and its value and determine multiple ways to represent the value of a quarter using pennies, nickels, and/or dimes.
Virginia Standards of Learning for Mathematics · The student will solve problems that involve counting and representing money amounts up to $2.00.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students recognize a quarter and know it is worth 25 cents. They make 25 cents in different ways using pennies, nickels, and dimes.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student identifies a quarter from either side and states that it is worth 25 cents. The student makes several accurate coin groups worth 25 cents and explains the count.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may confuse a quarter with a nickel or assume the larger coin has greater value. They may count the number of coins instead of adding each coin's value.
How to Assess It
- Show a quarter and ask students to name its value. Then have them draw two different groups of pennies, nickels, or dimes worth the same amount.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs coin sets and a 25 cent mat, then have them build and record three different combinations equal to one quarter.
Ask students to explain in writing how two dimes and one nickel have the same value as a quarter.
Play a match game where students pair quarter cards with coin combination cards totaling 25 cents.
Set up a pretend snack stand with items priced at 25 cents, and ask students to pay in two different ways.
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Related Standards
- 1.NS.1.g
Count by ones, fives, or tens to determine the value of a collection of like coins (pennies, nickels, or dimes), whose total value is 100 cents or less.
- 1.NS.1.f
Identify a penny, nickel, and dime by their attributes and describe the number of pennies equivalent to a nickel and a dime.
- 2.NS.4.d
Represent the value of a collection of coins and one-dollar bills (limited to $2.00 or less) using the cent (¢) and dollar ($) symbols and decimal point (.).
- 2.NS.4.b
Count by ones, fives, tens, and twenty-fives to determine the value of a collection of mixed coins and one-dollar bills whose total value is $2.00 or less.
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