Counting Naira Coins

🎯 What You'll Learn

You will learn to recognise different Naira coins and count collections of coins to find the total amount of money.

🏪 Market Story

Funke opens her piggy bank. Coins fall out everywhere! She sees some big coins, some small coins. Her older brother Chidi says, "Let me help you sort them. These are ₦5 coins, these are ₦10 coins, these are ₦20 coins, and this big one is ₦50." Funke wants to know: how much money does she have?

📝 Let's Learn

Nigeria has different coins worth different amounts:

• ₦5 coin — the smallest value coin
• ₦10 coin — worth two ₦5 coins
• ₦20 coin — worth four ₦5 coins
• ₦50 coin — worth ten ₦5 coins

Example 1: Funke has 3 coins of ₦10. She counts: ₦10, ₦20, ₦30. She has ₦30.

Example 2: Bola has 2 coins of ₦20 and 1 coin of ₦5. She counts the ₦20 coins first: ₦20, ₦40. Then adds the ₦5: ₦45. She has ₦45.

Example 3: Tunde has 1 coin of ₦50 and 2 coins of ₦10. He counts: ₦50... then ₦60, ₦70. He has ₦70.

Tip: Always count the biggest coins first, then the smaller ones!

✏️ Practice Questions

1. Amina has 4 coins of ₦5. How much money does she have?
2. Emeka has 1 coin of ₦50 and 1 coin of ₦20. How much is that altogether?
3. Chidi has 2 coins of ₦20 and 3 coins of ₦10. What is his total?

Click to see answers

1. Amina has ₦20. She counts: ₦5, ₦10, ₦15, ₦20.
2. Emeka has ₦70. ₦50 + ₦20 = ₦70.
3. Chidi has ₦70. ₦20 + ₦20 = ₦40, then ₦10 + ₦10 + ₦10 = ₦30. ₦40 + ₦30 = ₦70.

💡 Remember

Sort your coins by value, count the biggest coins first, then add the smaller ones. This is how traders in the market count their money quickly!