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Contributor: Samantha Penna. Lesson ID: 11675
How many fingers do you have? If you had a dime for each finger, how much money would you have? What could you buy with that much money? Count and color your way to learning what dimes are worth!
Watch this short video of a golf ball stopping on a dime.
Wow!
The dime is the smallest and thinnest U.S. coin, so stopping on one would take extreme skill.
Keep reading to learn more about this coin!
This lesson is all about dimes!
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the president who is on the front of the dime.
Franklin D. Roosevelt is on the dime because he is responsible for raising awareness and money for people suffering from polio. His efforts helped many sick people and their families.
A torch, olive branch, and oak branch are displayed on the back of the dime.
The torch is a symbol of liberty, the olive branch is a symbol of peace, and the oak branch symbolizes strength and independence.
A dime by itself is worth ten cents. Take a handful of coins and see how many dimes you can find.
Each dime you found is worth ten cents. Look at the different ways ten cents is written below.
All dimes are worth ten cents. If you have more than one dime, you must count by tens.
For example, if you had two dimes, you would count from 10 to 20.
Practice counting by tens aloud with the numbers below.
Look at some ways dimes are added up below. Tens count all these dimes.
If you wanted to make a dollar using only dimes, you would only need ten dimes.
If you count by tens ten times, you will reach one hundred. One hundred cents equals one dollar.
You are doing a great job learning about dimes!
Answer the question below before moving on to the Got It? section.
Great work!
You are ready to move on to the Got It? section, where you will figure out the values of groups of dimes.
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