It's so much fun counting money!  Wait and See!  We use  ¢ to stand for cents. The ¢ always comes after the number and is read by saying "cents".  Fifteen cents would be written like this:  15¢ .

 If you can imagine that each coin (except the penny) have a certain number of legs, than you can count money.

Each leg is worth five cents.  For example, a dime is worth ten cents.  You would count a dime by touching the first leg and say "five" and touch the second leg and say "ten".

When counting money you begin with the coin of greatest value.

For example:

   You would need to begin counting with the quarter because it has the highest value of these three coins.

The value of these coins together is thirty-six cents. (36¢)

  Try these!

	seventeen cents Click on the arrow to see the correct answer.
	Click on the arrow to see the correct answer. fifty five cents
	Click on the arrow to see the correct answer. forty cents