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Counting money
Add up coins and bills. The trick is to start with the biggest values.
Counting money
Tap a coin or bill to add it. Watch the total grow.
No coins yet — tap one above.
Total
$0.00
A useful order
- Sort coins and bills from largest to smallest.
- Add the largest first, then keep adding.
- Group small coins into known amounts (e.g. four quarters = $1).
Quick fact pairs
- 2 nickels = 1 dime (10¢)
- 5 nickels = 1 quarter (25¢)
- 4 quarters = 1 dollar
- 10 dimes = 1 dollar
Making change
A pizza is $7.65. You pay with a $10. The change is $10.00 − $7.65 = $2.35. Cashiers often count up: 65¢ to make $7.65 into $7.66 wait, that's wrong — they count up from 7.65: 35¢ takes you to 8, then 2 dollars takes you to 10. So 35¢ + $2 = $2.35.