How many?

How do you know?

How do you see it?

K, 1, 2

Attending to and using structure

Connecting quantity and number

Composing and decomposing number

After the class has discussed the questions above, you can extend this activity by posing the following questions:

How could you arrange the same coins in a different pattern?

For grades 2 and up you can also try asking the following:

How could you represent the same total value using different coins?