Lesson: Fractions and Decimals with Money: USD Mathematics • 4th Grade

In this lesson, we will learn how to write amounts of money as decimals and fractions and model tenths and hundreds with dimes and pennies.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

recognize 1 penny as 1 cent, th of a dollar, and $0.01,
recognize 1 nickel as 5 cents, th of a dollar, and $0.05,
recognize 1 dime as 10 cents, th of a dollar, and $0.10,
recognize 1 quarter as 25 cents, of a dollar, and $0.25,
recognize half a dollar as 50 cents, of a dollar, and $0.50,
record amounts of money using decimal notation, recognizing that 100 cents is written as 1 dollar.

Q1:

Jacob has 2 dimes and 9 pennies. How much money does he have in dollar notation?

Which of the following fractions represents how much money Jacob has?

Q2:

The whole square represents one dollar.

Benjamin shaded 76 hundredths of the square to represent $0.76.

Q3:

Emma has 3.56 dollars. Natalie has 3.58 dollars. Who has more money?