Lincoln's Luck
"A Penny for Your Thoughts"
Game | Math | Writing

Look at a penny.  See if you can find the following items.

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Example:
    A layer of paint - (a coat) Lincoln's coat

 1.  Hotel  (hint:  opposite of out) -
 2.  End of a Nail -
 3.  Cob of Corn
 4.  Small
 5.  A Snake
 6.  Result of a Game in Which There is an Equal Score
 7.  A Small Furry Animal
 8.  The Edge of the Road
 9.  A Country
10.  Yourself
11.  An Iced Beverage
12.  What a Ship Sails On

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Try these short math problems!
50 pennies =  ____ dimes 
10 pennies = ____ nickels 
23 pennies =
____ nickels &   ____pennies

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Write about it!
Pretend you are from outer space.  You landed on Earth in the very distant future.  You found only one penny.  What can you infer about the culture that used the coin?

 

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