Question

Gustav has 35 dimes and quarters that total $5.00. Solve to find how many quarters and dimes he has.

d+q=35
0.1d+0.25q=5
Explain how you got it!

Answer 1

Gustav has 25 Dimes and 10 Quarters. I started by taking quarters first which were $0.25 and multiplying it by 10 which is $2.50, then took 5 dimes to get $0.50 which is $3 then another 10 dimes for $4 and another 10 dimes for $5. 10+5+10+10 is 35 coins