Coffee Can Coins

Act 1

Watch the video

What do you notice?

What do you wonder?

Estimate the amount of coins in each coffee can.

Which pile of coins has the greater value?

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Act 2

What information do we need to find out which can has more money?

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Act 3

What answer did your group come up with?

What strategies did you use to find your answer?

Compare your answer to the actual answer.

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PA Standards

CC.2.1.1.B.2

Use place value concepts to represent amounts of tens and ones and to compare two digit numbers.

Common Core Standards

CCSS1.NBT.B.2

Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones.

CCSS.1.NBT.B.3

Compare two two-digit numbers based on meanings of the tens and ones digits, recording the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, and <.