Should we nix the penny? 💰 #EduSky 🍎: Will you comment ideas and resources to explore this question as a class -- or on your own! -- so we can create one BIG thread 🧵 on this #RealWorldMath? 🌍 We'll go first. You add on and repost...👇 #MathSky #ITeachMath #PBL www.citizenmath.com/lessons/comm... - ThreadSky

citizenmath.bsky.social • 16 days ago

Should we nix the penny? 💰

#EduSky 🍎: Will you comment ideas and resources to explore this question as a class -- or on your own! -- so we can create one BIG thread 🧵 on this #RealWorldMath? 🌍

We'll go first. You add on and repost...👇

#MathSky #ITeachMath #PBL
https://www.citizenmath.com/lessons/common-cents

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citizenmath.bsky.social•15 days ago

2 more resources to support you in discussing the question: Should we nix the penny? 💰

1. https://kids.usmint.gov/

2. And below is a video about making coins.

⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ Check the original post for the #RealWorldMath 🌎 lesson Common Cents (using decimal operations)

#EduSky

https://youtu.be/pTm18offyuw

citizenmath.bsky.social•16 days ago

We comb through reports and mountains of data to make lessons so you don't have to :-) but here's the 78 page report on coin production from the U.S. Mint. 👇

Bet at least something in this data will surprise you!

Hope to see more from others! 🩵

https://www.usmint.gov/content/dam/usmint/reports/2024-annual-report.pdf

citizenmath.bsky.social•16 days ago

And here's a 3rd 🎁 gift link for a long NY Magazine piece from 2024 that takes an hour to read and is the deepest dive you could ever ask for into both sides of the coin (if you will) on this debate.

Really workin' out NYT subscription for the community today!

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/01/magazine/worthless-pennies-united-states-economy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.v04.Q2gv.FuiTp34_JUEe&smid=url-share

citizenmath.bsky.social•16 days ago

And here's that 🎁 gift link to *today's* NYT 📰 article we shared earlier:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/politics/trump-stop-minting-pennies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.v04.fVX_.pKtW2ly_RC7X&smid=url-share

citizenmath.bsky.social•16 days ago

Here's a 🎁 gift link to an amusing 2024 🗞️ NYT article on the matter.

"Since it first began issuing 1-cent coins in 1793, the United States has produced about half a trillion of them — far more than the number of stars in the Milky Way." 😳

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/01/briefing/the-penny-us-currency.html?unlocked_article_code=1.v04.ocB5.IpkhCtiT2H44&smid=url-share

gabrielbodeen.bsky.social•16 days ago

Let's nix pennies, nickels, and dimes. We essentially never use them to pay for anything anymore. The quarter is the only coin that still has common practical use as payment. Coins have a place though (eg machines that don't take bills), so let's shift to the standard coins being 25¢, 50¢, & $1.

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