One-Dollar Exchange

by Judy Jurnack and Katie Holmberg

First Graders played another new math game this week.  Here are the directions to play One-Dollar Exchange at home.
Materials:

• 1 dollar, 20 dimes, 20 pennies
• 2 six-sided dice
• 1 sheet of paper labeled "Bank"

Players:  2
Skill:  Coin and bill equivalencies
Object of the game:  To make the exchange for a dollar
Directions:

1. Place all of the money in the "Bank"
2. Players take turns.  When it is your turn:

• Roll the dice and find the total number of dots.
• Take that number of cents from the bank.
• If you have 10 or more pennies, exchange 10 pennies for 1 dime.
• If you have 10 or more dimes, exchange 10 dimes for a dollar.

    3.  The winner is the first player to make the exchange for a dollar.