2-93 Money

Look at the coins.  Do you remember what each one is worth?
Say them to yourself.

1 cent   PENNY

5 cents   NICKEL

10 cents   DIME

25 cents   QUARTER

Another coin that you may see is called a half dollar.  It is worth 50 cents.  That is the same as 50 pennies or 2 quarters.

Look at the picture of the dollar bill below. 

We write one dollar like this $1.00.   It is the same as 100 pennies.

This symbol $ is called a dollar sign.  The numbers to the right of the decimal point (the dot) are the cents.

For example $2.55 is 2 dollars and 55 cents.

$4.25 is 4 dollars and twenty-five cents.

You can write amounts of money using the cents sign or the dollar sign.

cents ¢

dollars $

$0.75 = 75¢

$0.35 = 35¢

Practice writing the amounts of money using the cents sign and dollar sign.

Fill in the boxes.

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