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How Many Coins
Does the Mint Produce?
A lot. Billions. The mint produces approximately 14 to 20 billion coins each year.For this activity, you will be looking up production figures for the 50 State Quarters Program. Once you have collected data for 15 states, you will be creating a bar graph which shows productions figures for each state. Later, you will answer questions about your data.
Ready:
Ever wonder what a billion pennies would look like? Take a look at the MegaPenny Project to get a glimpse of how many pennies it would take to fill the Empire State Building.
That's a lot of pennies, right? Well now you will be checking out how many quarters the Mint produces. The first step is to grab the data from the U.S. Mint web site. Print out the chart with production figures or copy and paste the data into a word processing or spreadsheet document.
Set:
Once you have chosen 15 states and collected the data, it's time to put it into a graph and analyze it. Use the Excel skillset to create and label a bar graph, or create a graph using pencil and paper.
Go:
After you have created your graph, answer the following questions to analyze the data:
1. What is the range of production figures for the 15 states you selected?
2. Which state's quarter had the highest production figures? The lowest? What is the difference between the two?
3. What is the mean (average) of the 15 states' production?
4. What percentage of the total did the highest producing state have?
5. Look at the data. Can you think of a reason why some states may have more coins produced than others? Look online to determine why there is a variance in coins produced.
6. Calculate the amount in $$ produced for any 5 states.
Next Step: Now that you've seen how many coins the mint can produce, find out which Mint Facility your coins are from!
