Money Task Cards Riddle And Logic For Higher Level Thinking

Using US money for math is engaging for students. Along with coin recognition and counting money, these 20 task cards use money to reinforce math skills such as odd/even, patterns, combinations, probability, adding/subtracting, logic, and extra thinking. The questions transition from easier to harder so you can differentiate.

How is this product different from the other TPT products?

Most money task cards show coins and have students count them or solve simple word problems, which are great for identification and fluency. Students can quickly go through a stack of these task cards. My task cards require students to think, look for patterns, and persevere, while identifying money. Each card takes minutes instead of seconds to solve, requiring higher thinking.

How can I use this product?

I have used these task cards as a math center, journal prompts, whole class Scoot game, class discussions, or even assessments.

What is a sample question?

Beginning card

I have $.25 in my pocket. I don’t have any quarters or pennies. What are all the possible combinations that could be in my pocket?

Advanced card

I have $1.23. I have the same amount of each coin. What combination is in my pocket?

What is included?

The 16 page PDF file contains:

Cover page/notes/copyright info (3 pages)

• 6 pages with 4 money task cards on each page

• 1 page with 4 blanks if you want to add on your own

• 3 pages for your student to record their answers

• 2 pages of answer keys

• 1 page for tracking students

Is this available in a bundle as well?

Not at this time.

Do you have other products that are related?

Please see my other money activities!

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What standards are addressed?

Common Core standards addressed:

2.OA.1 Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.1

2.OA.2 Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies.

2.NBT.5 Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.

2.NBT.6 Add up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.

2.MD.8 Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.