K.7.a.3

Identify the number of pennies equivalent to a nickel, a dime, and a quarter (i.e., a nickel has the same value as five pennies).

Describe the attributes (e.g., color, relative size) of a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter.

Develop common referents for identifying pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.

Identify a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter.

Students need experiences to develop the concept that a nickel has a value of five cents (which is the same as five pennies), that a dime has a value of 10 cents (which is the same as ten pennies), and a quarter has a value of 25 cents (which is the same as twenty-five pennies), even though each coin (nickel, dime, quarter) is only one object.