A Quarter For Your Thoughts

While in the car the other day, Amelia found some change I had been saving for her. She wanted it, but I told her to wait and I'd give it to her later. Then, I told her there was like 3 dollars in there and it was all quarters. She asked me how many quarters were in a dollar and I told her 4.  So, I asked her how many quarters that would be thinking this might be a good time to try to teach her a little bit about money. However, before I could launch into a beginner lesson, she said "12 quarters! whoa!".  I'm not sure if she is just good at math or just loves money so much she gets multiplication super powers around it, but I was pretty surprised she could do that when all she's seen in school is counting.