Question

Kevin had 13 coins in his pocket all of his quoins are either dimes or quarters when he ended his pockets Kevin found that he had $2.05 how many dimes and quarters does he have

Answer 1

• 8 dimes
• 5 quarters

Explanation:

If all were dimes, the total would be $1.30. It is $0.75 more than that.

Each quarter that replaces a dime adds $0.15 to the total, so there must be ...

$0.75/$0.15 = 5

quarters.

Kevin has 8 dimes and 5 quarters in change.

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Check

8 × 0.10 + 5 × 0.25 = 0.80 + 1.25 = 2.05 . . . . answer checks OK