
LESS THAN A BUCK
Clip: 7/23/2024 | 8m 28sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Zoe Kleinmann plays a “Less Than a Buck.”
With Zoe Kleinmann and Milena, play a game buying items from the “Less Than a Buck” store. Use different combinations of coins --pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters – to make purchases that cost less than one dollar.
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LESS THAN A BUCK
Clip: 7/23/2024 | 8m 28sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
With Zoe Kleinmann and Milena, play a game buying items from the “Less Than a Buck” store. Use different combinations of coins --pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters – to make purchases that cost less than one dollar.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[bright music] - Hi, everyone.
Welcome to our Under a Buck Store.
And today I am here with- - Malena.
- My superstar, and today we are going to pretend that we are at a store and Malena has some shopping to do.
And here you can see we have a variety of items.
And today we are going to use coins.
We're gonna use cents, anything under a dollar.
That's why we call it Under a Buck.
So today we're gonna use quarters that are worth 25 cents.
[mellow music] We have dimes that are worth 10 cents.
- Then we have nickels, which is worth 5 cents.
And then we have pennies, which is worth 1 cent.
- Okay, so what I'm selling at my store is we have a wallet for 89 cents.
We have a rainy change purse for 75 cents.
We have a flower pen for 22 cents.
We have a notepad for 32 cents and a little purse for 58 cents.
Great sale prices.
All right, so Malena's getting ready to go shopping.
I'm going to write the price of the item that she wants, and she is going to take her change and show me how to make that amount using different types of coins.
So Malena, what would you like first?
- Can I please have a flower pen?
- She wants the flower pen.
Great item.
It is 22 cents.
[upbeat music] So now let's see how she's gonna pay me.
- So I'm going to take two dimes, which is worth 20 cents.
Then I'm gonna use two pennies, which is each, which each, which is worth 1 cents each.
- So the cost is 22 cents.
You have 10, 20, 1, 2, 20, 21, 22 cents.
Now, what would you like next?
- Could I please have the wallet?
- [gasps] Which wallet?
The rainy day wallet or the big American flag wallet?
- [Malena] The rainy day wallet, please.
- The rainy day wallet.
That is worth 75 cents.
[whimsical music] All right, let's see how she's gonna pay me.
- So I can take two quarters, which is each worth 25 cents.
So 25 plus 25 equals 50.
So I can take two dimes, which is worth...
I could take three dimes, which is worth 30.
So 50 plus 30 equals 70, because dimes are each worth 10 cents.
- So wait a minute, Malena, I get what you're saying, but let's take a look.
The price is 75 cents, and so far you gave me two quarters, which are 50 cents.
And then we're gonna count on by 10s.
50, 60, 70, 80 cents.
- Hmm.
- We need 75, and Under a Buck has no change.
- So I could take one dime away, which equals seven, which was 80, but now I have 70.
So now I'm gonna take a nickel, which is worth 5 cents.
- Exact change, I love it.
So we have 25 and 25 is 50 cents, 60 cents, 70 cents, 75 cents, great job!
[whimsical music] Wonder what she's gonna buy next.
[whimsical music continues] - Can I please have the notebook?
- [gasps] Ooh, the little notebook.
What a great color, too.
And the notebook is 32 cents.
32 cents.
Let's see what she's gonna pay me with now.
- So I'm gonna take three dimes, which is each worth 10, each worth 10 cents.
So I have 10, 20, 30.
Now, it's 32, so I can use two pennies, which is worth, each worth 1 cents.
- Okay, so I'm gonna check to, double-check to see if she gave me the right amount.
We have 10, 20, 30, three dimes, 31, 32, and two pennies, great job!
[lighthearted music] What's next?
I think she's gonna buy all of it.
- Can I please have the money bag?
Ooh, the money bag.
This is a cute little purse.
And that's how much?
- 58 cents.
- 58 cents.
58 cents, hmm.
All right, let's see what she gives me.
- So I can use two quarters, which is worth 25 cents, but 25 plus 25 equals 50.
So if it's 58, then I could take a nickel, which is worth 5 cents.
So I would have 55, but I need 58.
So I will use... [lighthearted music continues] I'll use three pennies.
So one, which is each worth 1 cents, so one, two, three.
- I'm gonna double-check, 25 plus 25 is 50 cents.
So two quarters is 50 cents.
A nickel, which is worth 5 cents.
So that's 50, 55, 56, 57, 58.
Perfect change.
All right, great job.
We don't have a lot of things left.
- 'Cause you're about to close?
- About to close.
- [Malena] Can I please have the New York flag wallet?
- She does like it.
So our last wallet, it's big.
And the total cost for this is 89 cents.
89 cents.
- So I'm gonna use eight dimes.
So one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
So 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 cents.
So now I can add a nickel, which is worth 5 cents.
So that's 85.
Now I could use four pennies.
So one, two, three, four.
- Hmm, look at all those coins, fantastic.
I'm gonna double-check.
So we have eight dimes, correct?
- Right.
- 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 cents, plus five, 85 cents, 86, 87, 88, 89, great job!
All right, everybody, thank you for coming to play with us, and we hope you liked shopping Under a Buck.
- Bye!
- Bye.
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