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Money

# U.S. coins review

Review the value of U.S. coins, and try some practice problems.

## U.S. Coins

The most commonly used coins in U.S. money are start color #11accd, start text, q, u, a, r, t, e, r, s, end text, end color #11accd, start color #1fab54, start text, d, i, m, e, s, end text, end color #1fab54, start color #7854ab, start text, n, i, c, k, e, l, s, end text, end color #7854ab, and start color #ca337c, start text, p, e, n, n, i, e, s, end text, end color #ca337c.

### Quarters

start color #11accd, start text, Q, u, a, r, t, e, r, s, end text, end color #11accd are worth start color #11accd, 25, end color #11accd cents. Below is an image of the front and back of a quarter.

### Dimes

start color #1fab54, start text, D, i, m, e, s, end text, end color #1fab54 are worth start color #1fab54, 10, end color #1fab54 cents. Below is an image of the front and back of a dime.

### Nickels

start color #7854ab, start text, N, i, c, k, e, l, s, end text, end color #7854ab are worth start color #7854ab, 5, end color #7854ab cents. Below is an image of the front and back of a nickel.

### Pennies

start color #ca337c, start text, P, e, n, n, i, e, s, end text, end color #ca337c are worth start color #ca337c, 1, end color #ca337c cent. Below is an image of the front and back of a penny.

## Counting coins

Let's look at an example:
What is the total value of the coins below?
One quarter is start color #11accd, 25, end color #11accd cents.
start color #11accd, 25, end color #11accd cents
A dime is start color #1fab54, 10, end color #1fab54 cents, and there are 2 dimes. Skip count by start color #1fab54, 10, end color #1fab54's two times from start color #11accd, 25, end color #11accd cents:
start color #11accd, 25, end color #11accd, comma, start color #1fab54, 35, end color #1fab54, comma, start color #1fab54, 45, end color #1fab54 cents
A nickel is start color #7854ab, 5, end color #7854ab cents, and there are 2 nickels. Skip count by start color #7854ab, 5, end color #7854ab's two times from start color #1fab54, 45, end color #1fab54 cents:
start color #1fab54, 45, end color #1fab54, comma, start color #7854ab, 50, end color #7854ab, comma, start color #7854ab, 55, end color #7854ab cents
A penny is start color #ca337c, 1, end color #ca337c cent, and there are 4 pennies. Count by start color #ca337c, 1, end color #ca337c's four times from start color #7854ab, 55, end color #7854ab cents
start color #7854ab, 55, end color #7854ab, comma, start color #ca337c, 56, end color #ca337c, comma, start color #ca337c, 57, end color #ca337c, comma, start color #ca337c, 58, end color #ca337c, comma, start color #ca337c, 59, end color #ca337c
The total value of the coins is 59 cents.

## Practice

Problem 1
What is the total value of the coins below?
cents

Want to try more problems like this? Check out this exercise.

## Want to join the conversation?

• are they actually going to make a 20 dollar bill?
• The 20 dollar bill has been around basically since the existence of the US currency system. Every bill minted since 1861 can still be redeemed. The 20 dollar bill has had Andrew Jackson's face since 1928, before which it had Grover Cleveland's face on it. Some people have asked for a redesign of the bill in recent times, with a woman's portrait, but none of these bills have actually been circulated.
• why is it called a dime?
• The original dimes, minted in the late 1700's, were called dismes (still pronounced like dime, or deem). Disme is an archaic term in French, or another romance language (my memory isn't what it once was) that means 10. Since a dime is 10 cents, the name makes sense, and the dime isn't named after anything but its value. Hope this helped!
• why dosn't America have a coin that costs 15 cents?
• Why did they decide to call a cent a penny?
• The British pound was not divided into 100 cents like our dollar, but its smallest part was called a penny, and that's why we call our cent a “penny” today. But for more than one, the British called them “pence” while ours are called “pennies.”
According to usmint.gov
• Does anyone know what is a 50 cents coin?
• The half dollar coin is worth 50 cents. It has a picture of John F Kennedy on one side. It shouldn't be in Early Math.