Kindergarten · Math · Unit 7 of 8

Coins

Get to know our coins

What your child practises

Recognizing the nickel, dime, quarter, loonie and toonie by colour, size and picture (values come in Grade 1), and playing store.

BC Curriculum learning standard: Financial literacy: attributes of coins, and financial role-play

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

Question 1
Which one is a coin?
- 🍪cookie
- 🔘button
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loonie
Hint: Coins are money made of metal. We use them to buy things.
Question 2
What is this coin called?
- toonie
- nickel
- dime
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dime
Hint: A dime is the smallest coin. It is silver and has a sailing ship on it.
Question 3
Which coin has a caribou on it?
🦌caribou
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quarter
Hint: The quarter has a caribou on it.
Question 4
Which coin is the biggest?
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toonie
Hint: The toonie is the biggest coin. Look at the size, not the number on it.
Question 5
You play store and want a toy. What do you do?
🧸
- 🏃just take it
- 💵pay for it
- 🙈hide it
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💵 pay for it
Hint: At a store, we pay before we take things home.
Question 6
Which coin has two colours?
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toonie
Hint: The toonie is silver on the outside and gold in the middle.