Counting Coins and Coin Value

Links verified on 6/21/11

1. Adding Nickels and Pennies - Find the sum of the coins.
2. Adding Dimes and Pennies - Find the sum of the coins.
3. Adding Dimes, Nickels and Pennies - Find the sum of the coins.
4. Change Maker - Figure out how many of each bill or coin you expect to get back when you pay for something. Select Easy for problems involving less than $1.00.
5. Coins for Candy - Identify, know the value of, and compare the values of a penny, nickel, and dime.
6. Counting Change - A match game, counting coins to find amount of change and matching it with numerical number.
7. Counting Coins - Customize amounts - From FreeMathTest.
8. Counting Money - Harcourt School - Count the total of coins and type in the amount.
9. Counting Money - Help Kristen, Ryan, or Evan with their shopping. Six pages of problems are available; three easy and three hard.
10. Discovering Coin Values - A target amount is given and students drag coins to the slide to equal that amount [values over $1.00 used occasionally].
11. Grandpa's Game - Count money.
12. How Much Money is This? - Count by 10's (dimes) up to $1.00.
13. Let's Count Money - Coin value problems occasionally display amounts greater than $0.50 but never more than $1.00. This site uses both sides of the coins! [caution: some of the reverse side coin images are slightly smaller]
14. Let's Go Shopping - Estimate by rounding to the nearest dollar as they shop.
15. Lunch Lady - The Lunch Lady (you) must total the three items on ten lunch trays (one at a time) in three minutes. [Advanced, amounts up to $5.00 used]
16. Money Flashcards - Coins and bills, or just coins, are displayed and students determine the value. Best used as a whole class review; this is not a game with an end. Occasionally values greater than $1.00 are displayed.
17. Money Review - Three levels for counting money review.
18. Piggy Bank - As coins drop students click on the right coins to equal some target amount. Two games are available, easy or hard.
19. School Store - Subtract using decimals as they make change. Regrouping will be required.
20. Scottie Nickel's Change Maker - Become a human CoinStar machine - Calculate the total amount of change the customer has and then think of a way to make $1.75 with as few coins as possible.
21. Spending Spree - Pick the item that you would like to buy. Then, choose the correct amount of coins you need to pay for that item. This game has 10 questions.
22. That's Right - Estimate measurements in real-world problems using money
23. Too Much Noise - Students determine the fewest number of coins needed to produce a given amount.
24. Which Coin? - Students select the coin that completes the total needed.