Virginia SOL 3.NS.4.b
The Standard
Construct a set of bills and coins to total a given amount of money whose value is $5.00 or less.
Virginia Standards of Learning for Mathematics · The student will solve problems, including those in context, that involve counting, comparing, representing, and making change for money amounts up to $5.00.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students select bills and coins to match a money amount up to five dollars. They count the values together and show that the total is correct.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students choose bills and coins that match a stated amount and count the total accurately. They can explain the value of each piece and check their sum.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may judge coins by size instead of value. They may read $3.07 as three dollars and seventy cents. They may also forget that 100 cents equals one dollar.
How to Assess It
- Give this exit ticket: Draw and label bills and coins that make $3.47. Write an addition equation to prove the total.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs play money and amount cards; they build each amount, then trade coins for equivalent bills or coins.
Ask students to explain which bills and coins they would use for $4.38 and why their set works.
Play Money Match: students race to pair amount cards with picture cards showing the same value.
Set up a classroom snack menu; students choose items under $5 and build the exact payment with play money.
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- 2.NS.4.c
Construct a set of coins and/or bills to total a given amount of money whose value is $2.00 or less.
- 3.NS.4.a
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- 3.NS.4.c
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- 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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