Quarter (United States coin)

High school (ages 12+)
Mathematics & Numbers

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/quarter-united-states-coin

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the monetary value?0.25 United States Dollars
2. What is the obverse portrait?George Washington
3. What is a quarter and why does it have George Washington on it?The quarter is a coin worth a quarter of a dollar. George Washington’s face is on the front because he was the first president and a symbol of the nation.
4. Why do the pictures on the back of a quarter change?The back of the quarter shows different pictures to celebrate places and events in the United States. Programs like the 50 State Quarters and America the Beautiful show each state or national park.

Obverse: The face of a coin bearing the principal design or portrait.
Reverse: The back side of a coin, opposite the obverse.
Cupronickel: An alloy of copper and nickel, commonly used in coinage for its durability and silvery appearance.
Clad Coinage: Coins made of a core metal bonded to outer layers of a different metal.