Question

Challenge A bag contains pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. There are 50 coins in all of the

coins, 18% are pennies and 34% are dimes. There are 4 more nickels than pennies. How much
money does the bag contain?

Answer 1

The bag contains $5.19 in coins.

Explanation:

18% of 50 = 9

9 of the coins are pennies

9 cent value

34% of 50 = 17

17 of the coins are dimes.

$1.7 value

4 more nickels than pennies: 9+4 = 13

0.65 cent value

9 + 17 +13 = 39

50 - 39 = 11

11 of the coins are Quarters

$2.75 value

Add all of the coin values together:

0.09 + 1.70 + 0.65 + 2.75 = $5.19

The bag contains $5.19 in coins.