Question

Colton has $0.40 worth of pennies and nickels. He has a total of 16 pennies and nickels altogether. Determine the number of pennies and the number of nickels that Colton has.

Answer 1

6 nickels and 10 pennies ($0.30 in nickels and $0.10 in pennies)

I know there’s some kind of equation to do that but honestly I did it in my head.

Answer 2

To help he will have a odd number of pennies because it’s 16 and nickels are worth 5 cents