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Kenneth buys a pickle costing $0.22. He gives the cashier $1.00. The cashier gives him his change using the least number of coins possible. How many of each coin does he receive?

______quarters

_______dimes

______nickels

______pennies

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3 quarters and 3 pennies
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i think your dealing with money here so lets think about decimals so we can subtract $0.22 from $1.00 thats $0.78 so you can divide into the coins for example Quarters=0.25 cents dimes=0.10 cents nickels = 0.5 pennies= 0.1 let me know what you get :D
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