Classroom Challenge: How many ways to make change for a dollar?

How many ways are there to make change for a dollar?
How many ways are there to make change for a dollar?

OPS TLA Math in the Middle teacher Tricia Krause has a classroom challenge! Tricia put up a board called "How Many Ways are There to Make Change for a Dollar?" at the beginning of the year and challenged her students to find all 293 ways. Tricia said, "As they found them, we put them on the board and then I checked them off the solution list. I also begged them not to ruin it by looking up the solutions online!"

Give it a try in your classroom:

http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/trivia52.html

If you have any ideas for the next Classroom Challenge for this newsletter, please send them to us at nebraskamath@unl.edu so we can feature them. We welcome any suggestions for things you have tried, or want to try, in your classroom!