Money Pieces

Figure 1 The Game Apps Interface For Money Pieces

Money Pieces helps students visualize and understand money values and
relationships. Two versions of coins and bills are provided: virtual currency pieces that
replicate the appearance and relative size of U.S. coins and the dollar bill, and area money
pieces.

Area money pieces represent the values of coins and the dollar bill using an area
model in which 1 square unit is equal to 1 penny. Nickels, dimes, quarters, and half dollars
are represented by collections of squares equal to their value. In this way, the area pieces can
be used to model and compute with fractions and decimals.

This virtual version of our money value pieces is an open-ended educational tool,

ideal for elementary classrooms and other learning environments that use laptops, iPads, or
Chromebooks.

Money value pieces are a key model used in Bridges in Mathematics, second

edition. Online preview available.

App Features

 Switch between currency and area money pieces.

 Illustrated shades can be used to pose problems with unknown quantities of money.
 Convert money to different bill or coin values. For example, two quarters can be
exchanged for 1 half dollar, 10 nickels, 5 dimes, or 50 pennies.

 Rotate and duplicate selected items.

 Choose to show either side (heads or tails) of the currency or money pieces.

 Use the drawing tools to annotate work and show understanding.

 Write equations and expressions with the math text tool.