Grade: Grade 3 
Type: ODE Model Lesson Plans
Description: Students will use counting and estimation strategies to solve problems involving counting collections of coins and bills and making change for amounts up to ten dollars. 
Ohio Standards Connection:
Primary Standards, Benchmarks, and Indicators:
Standard:  Number, Number Sense and Operations
  Benchmark: F.  Count money and make change using both coins and paper bills.
  Indicator: 4.  Count money and make change using coins and paper bills to ten dollars.
Standard:  Mathematical Processes Standard
  Benchmark: G.  Use reasoning skills to determine and explain the reasonableness of a solution with respect to the problem situation.
  Benchmark: I.  Represent problem situations in a variety of forms (physical model, diagram, in words or symbols), and recognize when some ways of representing a problem may be more helpful than others.
  Benchmark: K.  Use mathematical language to explain and justify mathematical ideas, strategies and solutions.