Money and time: FAQ

These are skills that we use in our everyday lives. Being able to count money accurately is important so that we can buy things, make change, and save up for what we want. Knowing how to tell time allows us to keep track of our day, plan ahead, and manage our time effectively.

There are four main US coins: the penny, the nickel, the dime, and the quarter.

There are four main US dollars: the one dollar bill, the five dollar bill, the ten dollar bill, and the twenty dollar bill.

If we unroll a clock, it becomes a number line! We can set up a number line to represent minutes in an hour. We can use a number line to visually represent the passage of time. For example, we might draw a number line with the numbers $0-60$‍ to represent the minutes in an hour. We could use this to help us understand how many minutes have passed, or how many minutes are left in the hour.

First, we need to look at the hour hand. The hour hand is between $1$‍ and $2$‍, so it is after $1$‍ o'clock but not yet $2$‍ o'clock.

So, the hour is $1$‍. Next, we look at the minute hand.

The minute hand starts pointing straight up for $0$‍ minutes.

When counting minutes, the distance between each tick mark represents $1$‍ minute.

Each number on the clock represents $5$‍ minutes, with a total of $60$‍ minutes in each hour.