MONEY
Welcome to the Money page!
Lesson:
Money is what we use in exchange for goods or services. In the United States, the money system is based upon dollars and cents. The symbol for a dollar is $ and the symbol for a cent is ¢.
There are four main coins that represent different amounts of cents:
1. Penny: a penny represents one cent and has President Abraham Lincoln on one side and the Lincoln Memorial on the other side. 100 pennies equal $1.00 (One Dollar).
2. Nickel: a nickel represents five cents and has President Thomas Jefferson on one side and Monticello on the other side. 20 nickels equal $1.00 (One Dollar).
3. Dime: a dime represents 10 cents and has President Franklin D. Roosevelt on one side and an olive branch, torch and oak branch on the other side. 10 dimes equal $1.00 (One Dollar).
4. Quarter: a quarter represents 25 cents and has President George Washington on one side and the image on the other side varies depending on what year the coin was made. 4 quarters equal $1.00 (One Dollar).
5. There are also coins that represent 50 cents and $1.00 but are not used as much as the 4 coins mentioned above.
In addition to coins, the United States also uses paper money called Dollars.
Dollar bills are currently printed in the amounts of $1.00, $2.00, $5.00, $10.00, $20.00, $50.00 and $100.00. In the past, Dollar bills were printed in larger amounts such as $500.00 and $1,000.00.
Historical figures are printed on each dollar amount, similar to the coins above.
1. $1.00 – President George Washington
2. $2.00 – President Thomas Jefferson
3. $5.00 – President Abraham Lincoln
4. $10.00 – Alexander Hamilton
5. $20.00 – President Andrew Jackson
6. $50.00 – President Ulysses S. Grant
7. $100.00 – Benjamin Franklin
Activity:
If you have a coin jar 
or piggy bank 
at your house, add all of the coins together to find out how many dollars your coins are worth. Be sure to write down how many of each coin that you have. You can bring it to class to find out if you are correct!
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