Dummy Coins set of 60 pcs for School Maths Lab

Quick Answer: Dummy Coins set of 60 pcs for School Maths Lab is a set of sixty play coins that pupils count, exchange and spend in classroom money activities. Dummy coins let children practise coin recognition, making amounts and giving change without using real money.

Money as Everyday Arithmetic

Money is often the first place children use addition and subtraction for a real purpose. With a pile of play coins, a pupil asked to pay a set amount has to choose coins, add their values and check the total. Asking for the same amount in a different combination of coins shows that one value can be made in many ways, which is a gentle introduction to number decomposition.

Giving change is harder than paying, and coins make the method concrete. The shopkeeper counts up from the amount spent to the amount handed over, placing a coin for each step, and the coins placed are the change. Pupils who struggle with written subtraction often find counting up easier, and the coins let them check their answer.

Sixty pieces is a number that divides neatly: six groups of ten, five groups of twelve or four groups of fifteen. Teachers can split the set across tables, and sharing the coins out is itself a short division task. Which denominations are included is not stated in the title, so confirm the mix before planning specific amounts.

Applications

• Recognising coins and sorting them by value
• Making the same amount with different combinations of coins
• Giving change by counting up from the amount spent
• Classroom shop role play with priced labels on items
• Writing amounts in decimal form, whole units and hundredths

Specifications

Care & Handling

• Count the sixty dummy coins back after each lesson so every group starts with a full set.
• Supervise very young children, because coins are small enough to be swallowed.
• Keep the set in a lidded tray with compartments to make sorting and counting quicker.

Why Choose LabEquip

Primary teachers running shop or market role plays usually buy coins together with the Dummy Currency Notes so larger amounts can be paid too. Both sit in LabEquip’s Mathematics School Lab Products range, where the Banking Set covers deposits and interest for older pupils; reach us through the contact page.

Frequently Asked Questions

What money skills do dummy coins teach?

Pupils learn to recognise coins, add their values, make one amount in several different ways and give change. These are the skills needed before written money problems make sense.

How can 60 coins be shared across a class?

Sixty divides evenly into six groups of ten, five groups of twelve or four groups of fifteen, so the set can be split across tables. Asking pupils to share the coins out fairly is a useful division task in itself.

How do pupils practise giving change?

The pupil acting as shopkeeper starts from the amount spent and counts up to the amount handed over, putting down a coin for each step. The coins put down make up the change, and the customer can check by adding them.

Why use dummy coins instead of real money?

Play coins can be handled freely by the whole class without real money going missing, and a lesson is not limited by the change a school happens to have. They also stay in the maths lab, ready for the next group.

How do coins connect to decimals?

In a currency split into a hundred smaller units, an amount such as 2.50 means two whole units and fifty hundredths. Counting coins and writing the total in decimal form gives pupils an everyday example of two decimal places.

Is the coin set suitable for very young children?

It can be used with young children under supervision, because coins are small enough to be swallowed. For pre-primary pupils, keep sessions short and count the coins in and out.

Last Updated: September 2026