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🪙 Coins and Their Values

Clink, clink! Meet the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter. Learn each coin's name, what it's worth, and how to count them up.

lessons

~15 min

to learn

🔢 Math

subject

Ages 6–12

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What you’ll learn

Meet the CoinsRecognise the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter and begin to tell them apart.Coins are round pieces of money used to buy things. There are four to know: the penny (small and brown), the nickel (chunky and silver), the dime (the tiniest), and the quarter (the biggest). Each looks a little different so we can tell them apart.
What Each Coin Is WorthLearn the value of each coin: penny 1 cent, nickel 5 cents, dime 10 cents, quarter 25 cents.A coin's value is what it is worth. A penny is 1 cent, a nickel 5 cents, a dime 10 cents, and a quarter 25 cents. Size doesn't always match value: the dime is the smallest coin yet worth more than the bigger nickel.
Counting CoinsOrder coins by value and count small groups of coins in cents.Coins can be put in order by value, from the penny (1 cent) up to the quarter (25 cents). We can also count coins: two nickels make 10 cents, and five pennies make 5 cents — the same as one nickel.

Questions this course answers

How much is a penny worth?

A penny is worth 1 cent, the smallest amount.

Which coin is small and brown?

The penny is the small brown coin, worth 1 cent.

How much is a quarter worth?

A quarter is worth 25 cents, the most of these four coins.

The dime is the tiniest coin. How much is it worth?

The dime is small but worth 10 cents — more than the bigger nickel.

Which coin is worth the MOST?

The quarter is worth 25 cents, more than the penny, nickel, or dime.

How many cents are two nickels worth?

Each nickel is 5 cents, so two nickels are 5 + 5 = 10 cents.

Grounded in trusted sources

U.S. Mint — coin values
PBS Kids — money
Khan Academy Kids

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