Count money, step by step
Counting money gives addition a purpose children recognize immediately.
The question
Count the money
3 ×$2= $6
1 ×25¢= 25¢
3 × $2→$6
1 × 25¢→$6.25
3 × $2→$6
1 × 25¢→$6.25
$6.25
- Sort them BIGGEST first. Counting a pile in whatever order it lands in means holding an awkward running total; starting big keeps every step easy.
- Then count on, one group at a time: $6, then $6.25.
- Altogether $6.25.
How it works.
- 01
Sort them BIGGEST first. Counting a pile in whatever order it lands in means holding an awkward running total; starting big keeps every step easy.
- 02
Then count on, one group at a time: $6, then $6.25.
- 03
Altogether $6.25.