nickel
part of speech
noun (nickel, nickels)
meaning for a pupil
1) A nickel is a US (and Canadian) coin worth 5 cents. tree →
2) Nickel is also a hard, silver-coloured metal, a chemical element; magnets pull on it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: a coin worth 5 cents; problems count nickels and find their value; mixed with pennies, dimes and quarters. In everyday life (USA, Canada): small change for a snack or a parking meter. In science: nickel is one of the few metals a magnet attracts (with iron and cobalt); it is used in coins, batteries and steel.
examples
- Sam has 6 nickels. tree →
- How many cents are 4 nickels? tree →
- She paid with 3 nickels and 2 dimes. tree →
- A nickel is worth 5 cents. tree →
- Twenty nickels make one dollar. tree →
- A nickel is bigger than a dime but worth less. tree →
- Nickel is a metal that a magnet can pick up. tree →
- He found a nickel under the couch. tree →
note
Hidden number: each nickel = 5 cents, so value = 5 × nickels. Trap: the number of coins is not the amount of money. 20 nickels = 1 dollar. Trap: a nickel (5¢) is larger than a dime (10¢), so size does not show value. Today's US nickel coin is mostly copper, only a quarter nickel metal. In the UK there is no nickel coin; the nearest is a 5p coin.
In the corpora
- In the USA a penny is 1 cent, a nickel 5 cents, a dime 10 cents and a quarter 25 cents.
- A penny is worth 1 cent, a nickel 5 cents, a dime 10 cents and a quarter 25 cents.
- To count coins, find the value of each kind and add them: 2 quarters, 3 dimes, 2 nickels and 4 pennies
- 2 quarters, 3 dimes, 1 nickel and 4 pennies: 50 + 30 + 5 + 4 = 89 cents.
- Iron, steel, nickel and cobalt are pulled strongly by a magnet; aluminium, copper and gold are not.
Trees and pragmatics
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