Virginia SOL 3.NS.4

3.NS.4 is a Standards of Learning standard. These are the knowledge and skills expectations under it.

• 3.NS.4.a

  Determine the value of a collection of bills and coins whose total is $5.00 or less.

• 3.NS.4.b

  Construct a set of bills and coins to total a given amount of money whose value is $5.00 or less.

• 3.NS.4.c

  Compare the values of two sets of coins or two sets of bills and coins, up to $5.00, with words (greater than, less than, equal to) and/or symbols (>, <, =) usi...

• 3.NS.4.d

  Solve contextual problems to make change from $5.00 or less by using counting on or counting back strategies with concrete or pictorial models.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students count mixed coins and bills, record each total, and build requested amounts up to $5.00. They compare two collections and use counting on or counting back to find change in shopping problems.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students accurately count a mixed collection and build the same amount in more than one way. They compare amounts using words or symbols and explain how they counted on or back to find change.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may count coins instead of counting their values, or assume a larger coin is worth more. They may mix dollar and cent notation, writing 135 cents as $135. Students may subtract incorrectly when change crosses from dollars to cents.

04

How to Assess It

Give each student play money and this exit ticket: “Build $2.37, then find the change from $5.00 by counting on.” Ask students to compare $2.37 and $2.73 using a symbol.

1. 01

   Set up a classroom store where students choose items, pay with play money, and count their change from $5.00.

2. 02

   Ask, “How could you make $1.65 in two ways?” and have students draw coins and explain why both sets are equal.

3. 03

   Play Money War by turning over coin cards, finding each total, and using greater than, less than, or equal symbols.

4. 04

   Use a takeout menu with prices under $5.00, then have students choose an item and calculate change from a five-dollar bill.

• 2.NS.4

  The student will solve problems that involve counting and representing money amounts up to $2.00.

• 3.CE.1

  The student will estimate, represent, solve, and justify solutions to single-step and multistep problems, including those in context, using addition and subtrac...

• 5.CE.3

  The student will estimate, represent, solve, and justify solutions to single-step and multistep problems, including those in context, using addition, subtractio...

• 5.CE.1

  The student will estimate, represent, solve, and justify solutions to single-step and multistep contextual problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication,...