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A dime for a rhyme.(Short story)
Oct 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Savvi counted the money from her piggy bank with glee and said, "I have a dollar in dimes. Yippee for me!" She put the money in her purse and went on her way. She had something fun ...
The dollar around the world.
Oct 01, 2009; ... What are you talking about if you say peso in Mexico, franc in Switzerland, ruble in Russia, or yen in Japan? You're talking about currency, or what kind of bills or coins the country uses as money. What you may not know is that the dollar, the currency of the United States, is also used ...
Coin combinations.
Oct 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] See if you can solve the three coin combination problems below. PROBLEM 1 Find nine coin cominations to total 20 cents. In fact, here are two of the combinations to get you started: 10 pennies and 1 dime = 20 cents ...
Dollar details clean and dirty.
Oct 01, 2009; ... Have you ever opened a birthday card and found a new dollar bill tucked inside? What a wonderful surprise! New money looks clean and crisp. It feels like it has been starched and ironed. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Making Dollars Since 1862, paper currency for ...
Free-money machine.(automated teller machine)
Oct 01, 2009; ... "Mom, Mom!" Jenny yelled as she ran across the parking lot at the grocery store. "That machine just gave Auntie Karen free money, lots of it!" [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Is it possible to get free money from a machine? The machine Jenny is talking about is an automated ...