Money by mathies

Represent various money amounts using these realistic images of Canadian coins and bills.

Mathematical Concepts:

Create visual representations that help explore mathematical thinking related to: • Estimating and counting the value of a collection of money • Skip counting using the value of one of the coins or bills • Representing the relationship between coins and bills. (e.g., There are 8 quarters in a toonie) • Adding and subtracting money amounts by making simulated purchases and providing change • Exploring place value and unit conversions • Multiplicative thinking • Anchors of 2, 5 and 10

Features:

• Customize the allowable set of currencies • Resize currency images for easier manipulation • Show labels indicating the value of each currency • Set the units of these labels to indicate dollars or cents • Set the number of copies to drag from the cash drawer • Step through a history of your work with the undo/redo buttons • Check to see how many of each type of currency are in the workspace • Multiple select items in the workspace, then copy, move or recycle as a group • Communicate your thinking or highlight various features of your representation using the built in annotation tool. • Import multiple images, position and resize them • Switch between English and French