Question

Matt has a piggy bank with 250 coins all dimes and quarter.The total dollar amount in the piggy bank is $39.25. How of each type of coin are in the piggy bank?

Answer 1

The piggy bank has 200 dimes and 50 quarters.

To find this, we can set up the following equation:

(number of dimes x $0.10) + (number of quarters x $0.25) = $39.25

We know that the piggy bank contains 250 coins, so we can substitute that in:

(x x $0.10) + (250-x x $0.25) = $39.25

Now we can solve for x, the number of dimes:

x0.10 + (250-x)0.25 = 39.25

x0.10 + 62.5 - x0.25 = 39.25

0.1x + 62.5 - 0.25x = 39.25

-0.15x = -23

x= 153

So there are 153 dimes in the piggy bank, and 250-153 = 97 quarters.

But we know that the piggy bank contains 250 coins, so we can check that 153 dimes + 97 quarters = 250 coins.