1. Money and Fractions You can count on coins when you need a fraction of a dollar By Doug Layne June 20, 2006

3. The bottom number of a fraction shows how many equal parts in all 1 2 3 4 4 EQUAL PARTS IN ALL

4. The top number shows how many of the equal parts we are working with What fraction of the shape is blue ? What are the names of this fraction? One out of four or one fourth or one quarter

5. When you have all of the equal parts you have a whole or one = 1

7. Sometimes we spend exactly whole dollars $ 3.00

8. Other times we spend parts (fractions) of a dollar $ . 25

9. Coins make it easy to spend parts of a dollar because….

10. Coins are Fractions (parts) of a Dollar ! Half Dollars

11. Coins are Fractions (parts) of a Dollar ! Quarters

12. When we need to spend parts of a dollar, we can count on coins because they are Fractions! Fractions of a Dollar !

13. That way we don’t have to tear, rip, shred, chop, or saw the dollar bill into tiny little pieces !

14. Fun Fact A penny is worth just 1 / 100 of a dollar. But it weighs more!