Counting Coins

I never thought of counting coins using a 100's chart! This is a wonderful idea that I cannot take credit for because I stole it from my mentor teacher. Students use their 100's chart to count money and it helps them so much. They start with the coins with the largest amount. In the picture above the student had one quarter so he place it on the 25. He also had 3 dimes so he placed those on the 35, 45, and 55. After the dimes he placed his nickle on the 60. Then the four pennies were placed on 61, 62, 63, 64. The student now knows he has 64 cents!