Piggy Bank

• Grades K–4
• Math

Piggy Bank teaches coin values the way school does: make an amount, count a pile, use the fewest coins, make change. Hearts keep it gentle and every level can be solved by counting.

Free trial: 3 days with the first 25 levels of every game. No card needed.

What it teaches

• Name coins and know their values (¢)
• Count a collection of coins by 1s, 5s, 10s and 25s
• Make an amount with the fewest coins
• Count up to a dollar, use bills, and make change

Chapter by chapter

• Pennies and nickels: Count by 1s and 5s
• Dimes: Count by 10s
• Quarters: Count by 25s
• Fewest coins: Fewest coins for an amount
• A dollar: Coins up to $1.00
• Making change: Make change
• Bills: Dollar bills
• Shopkeeper: Buying and change

Standards

Common Core (Math / ELA)

• CCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.C.8 Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
• CCSS.Math.Content.4.MD.A.2 Use the four operations to solve word problems involving … money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals …

TEKS (Texas)

• TEKS K.4 Identify U.S. coins by name, including pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.
• TEKS 1.4A Identify U.S. coins, including pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, by value and describe the relationships among them.
• TEKS 1.4C Use relationships to count by twos, fives, and tens to determine the value of a collection of pennies, nickels, and/or dimes.
• TEKS 2.5A Determine the value of a collection of coins up to one dollar.
• TEKS 3.4C Determine the value of a collection of coins and bills.

B.E.S.T. (Florida math & ELA)

• MA.1.M.2.2 Identify pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, and express their values using the ¢ symbol. State how many of each coin equal a dollar.
• MA.1.M.2.3 Find the value of combinations of pennies, nickels and dimes up to one dollar, and the value of combinations of one, five and ten dollar bills up to $100. Use the ¢ and $ symbols appropriately.
• MA.2.M.2.2 Solve one- and two-step addition and subtraction real-world problems involving either dollar bills within $100 or coins within 100¢ using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately.
• MA.4.M.2.2 Solve one- and two-step addition and subtraction real-world problems involving money using decimal notation.

Practice / process standards (CCSS MP, Florida MTR, TEKS process)

• CCSS.Math.Practice.MP4 Model with mathematics.
• MA.K12.MTR.7.1 Apply mathematics to real-world contexts.