L3 · Money symbols in English and French; mixed collections clinic

Learning goal

“I can write money amounts with the dollar sign and the cent sign the English way and the French way, and I can count a mixed collection and say its value in dollars and cents.”

Dollar sign ($) — in English it goes BEFORE the amount ($5); in French it goes AFTER the amount, with a space (5 $).

Cent sign (¢) — it goes AFTER the amount in English and in French: 45¢.

English notation — how money is written in English: $ first for dollars, ¢ after for cents.

French notation — how money is written in French: the amount first, then the sign — 5 $ for dollars, ¢ after for cents too.

Worked example

Write five dollars both ways. Step 1 (English): the dollar sign goes to the LEFT of the value: $5. Step 2 (French): the dollar sign goes to the RIGHT of the value, with a space: 5 $. Step 3 (cents behave differently): forty-five cents is 45¢ in English AND in French — the cent sign stays on the right in both languages. Say it plainly: for dollars, the sign switches sides between English and French. For cents, it never moves.

Check yourself — explain it

Which one is written the French way?

Paired problem — example still visible

Write 12 dollars the French way -> 12 $

Faded completion — last step is yours

"Nine dollars the English way is written ___" -> $9

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