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1st grade math · Unit 7: Money and time

Counting dollar bills

What this lesson shows

$10, $10, $5, $1, $1: count 10, 20, 25, 26, 27. $27.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: $10 × 2, $5 × 1, $1 × 2. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

  1. Biggest bills first
  2. Count on by each value
  3. Write the dollars

Helping at home

Line the bills up, biggest first. Count the tens by 10s, then the five, then the ones.

If your kid gets stuck

Start with the $10 bills.

Watch it with Lux

With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.

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