Minds On

Know your coins

Money is used to buy things that we need.

Do you know these coins?

Let’s match the parts of a coin to the correct coin.

Select the correct answer, then press ‘Check Answer’ to see how you did.

As you work through this learning activity, you can record your ideas in many ways.

Access the following audio recording to learn more about how to record your ideas.

How to Record Your Ideas

Action

Numbers are everywhere

Materials Needed

Materials needed

The materials needed for this learning activity are:

  • Canadian money and coins
  • pencil
  • paper
  • markers
  • non-perishable food items (cans, pasta bags, food containers, etc.)

Explore this video of Canadian coins.

After exploring the video, when do you think we use money?

Record your thoughts.

Task 1: Which value?

How do you know the value of each coin?

Which coin has a higher value?

For each question, choose which coin has a higher value.

Select the correct answer, then press ‘Check Answer’, to see how you did.

Coins and price

When we buy something at the store, we check the price to help us choose which coin to use to pay for it.

If a pack of gum costs $1.00 (a loonie), we know we can’t use a dime (10¢) to buy it.

Task 2: Which coin?

For the following items, think about these questions:

  • Which coin would you use to buy each item?
  • How did you decide which coin to use?

Item 1

Beach ball with a price tag of $1.00.

Beach ball

Which coin would you use to buy this item?

Item 2

Lollipop with a price tag of 5 cents.

Lollipop

Which coin would you use to buy this item?

Item 3

A pencil with a price tag of 10 cents.

Pencil

Item 4

A pair of safety scissors with a price tag of $2.00.

Scissors

Item 5

Gumballs with a price of 25 cents each.

Gumball

Which of the 5 items could you buy with a toonie? How do you know?

Consolidation

Making a store

  1. If you could set up a store, what items would you sell? Let’s try it!
  2. Choose five items from your learning space to sell in your store.
  3. Make a price tag for each item, then put the price of the item on the tag.
  4. Put the items in order from the lowest price to the highest price.

Student Success

Think-Pair-Share

If possible, find a partner or a peer to shop at your store.

Be sure to tell them the cost of each item and suggest which coin they could use to pay for it.

Note to teachers: See your teacher guide for collaboration tools, ideas and suggestions.

Reflection

How do you feel about what you have learned in this activity? Press the button next to the sentence that matches how you feel.

I feel…