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Place-Value Play Money

Paper bills in place-value colors — $1 green, $10 blue, $100 red — for exchange games that mirror the golden beads and stamps.

For use with: Golden Beads & Mat, Stamp Game

In this kit

30 bills (10 each of $1, $10, $100)

Assembly

  1. Print all pages on cardstock at 100% scale; check the 1-inch square on page 1.
  2. Cut out the bills along their colored frames.
  3. This is the golden-bead idea carried into money: ten ones trade for a ten, ten tens trade for a hundred — the very same exchange as beads and stamps.
  4. Play “bank”: roll a die, take that many $1 bills, and exchange up whenever you can. The child records each trade with pencil and paper.

Print at 100% scale on cardstock and check the 1-inch square on page 1 before cutting. Printing tips

Place-Value Play Money — Kit

In this kit: 30 bills (10 each of $1, $10, $100).

Print at 100% scale (“Actual size” — turn off “Fit to page”). This square must measure exactly 1 inch (2.54 cm) on each side. If it doesn’t, fix the print scale before cutting.

✂ Cut along dashed lines; pieces with a colored frame are cut around the frame.

Play Money — Ten $1 Bills

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Play Money — Ten $10 Bills

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Play Money — Ten $100 Bills

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A free Montessori mathematics resource for families — ages 4–12. No accounts, no tracking: just lessons to read, materials to explore, and worksheets to print.

Virtual materials are a substitute for when the real thing isn't available — hands on real beads is always best. All child practice beyond the materials themselves is designed for pencil and paper.

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