Grade
4
Same & Different: Comparing Coins
Look at the two pictures. What do you notice?
![A. shows $0.05 in pennies. 5 pennies are arranged 2, 1, 2, like the dots on a domino or die. B. shows $0.50 in dimes. 5 dimes are arranged 2, 1, 2, like the dots on a domino or die.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/xUilqNnARh5SeWj3LeRDJ8saVZPVJGpXSBhP9O72nBD1oSPP9T.png?itok=aU51MpPz)
- How are pictures A and B mathematically the same, and how are they different?
- A and B are the same because …
- A and B are different because …
- Make a third picture that shows money and its value. Explain how your picture is the same as pictures A and B, and how it is different.
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