In India, money is rupees. The sign is ₹.
Rupee is the money of India. It comes as coins and as paper notes.
Step 1: Let's Learn
Read it, or press Listen and follow the words.
Coins
Rupee coins: ₹1, ₹2, ₹5, ₹10, ₹20.
Notes
Paper notes: ₹10, ₹20, ₹50, ₹100, ₹200, ₹500.
No small coins
A rupee is the smallest money people use. So rupees count like ordinary numbers: 1, 10, 100.
Step 2: Try It Yourself
A ₹100 note is a hundred. A ₹10 coin is a ten.
Hundreds
1
Tens
3
Ones
0
100 + 30 = 130
1 hundred, 3 tens and 0 ones is 130.
0 + 100 + 100 + 50 = 250
The round dot is where you started. The square is where you landed.
Start
Step 3: In Real Life
A fruit stall in Mumbai
Mangoes cost ₹120. You hand over a ₹100 note and two ₹10 coins. The seller counts: 100, 110, 120. Done.
Step 4: Watch an Example
One step at a time.
Watch Arjun Count His Money
Arjun has one ₹100 note, two ₹10 coins and three ₹1 coins.
- Step 1
Hundreds first: 100.
Step 5: Your Turn
Practice makes it stick.
The Fruit Stall
Problem 1 of 2
Meera has a ₹100 note and a ₹50 note. How many rupees?
rupees
Pocket Money
Problem 2 of 2
Which is worth more, a ₹20 coin or a ₹10 note?
Count the Rupees
1 of 3
Three ₹10 coins. How many rupees?
2 of 3
Two ₹100 notes. How many rupees?
3 of 3
A ₹100 note, a ₹10 coin and a ₹5 coin. How many rupees?
Step 6: Quick Check
Show what you know.
Question 1 of 2
How many ₹10 coins make ₹100?
Question 2 of 2
Which sign means rupees?
What You Learned
- Rupees use the sign ₹.
- Coins go up to ₹20. Notes go up to ₹500.
- Count hundreds, then tens, then ones.
For the grown-up
Rupees are the easiest money to count because there is no small coin to convert: ₹123 is one hundred, two tens and three ones, exactly as in the place-value chapters.
The trap is the ₹10 and ₹20 coins beside the ₹10 and ₹20 notes. Same value, different object. Ask which is worth more and let the child discover they are the same.