This Application Problem is a part of the Lesson 24, Unit 7, Grade 2. Challenge students working above grade level by asking them to find the value of the coins that Mike, Dennis, and April collected. Ask them to explain in writing how they arrived at their solutions. Mike, Dennis, and April all collected coins from a parking lot. When they counted their coins, they had 24 pennies, 15 nickels, 7 dimes, and 2 quarters. They put all the pennies into one cup and the other coins in another.
