It's so much fun counting money!  Wait and See!

Counting bills is just like counting pennies, nickels, and dimes.
 

    equals 16¢  

equals $16.00

Each leg represents a value of 5. 
When counting coins, each leg is worth 5 cents.
When counting bills, each leg is worth 5 dollars.
$1 doesn't have any legs because its value is less than 5.

	no legs	$1.00
	one leg	$5.00
	two legs	$10.00

Here are some examples.

	You would count this by saying $5, $10 and $1 more dollar is $11.
	You would count this by touching each "leg" and saying $5, $10, and $1 more would be $11 and $1 more would be $12.
	You would count this by touching each leg and counting by 5's.  $5. $10, $15, $20, $25

Click on the to practice!

 

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