Question

A piggy bank contains only quarters and dimes. A representative sample has 6 quarters and 2 dimes. If there are 56 coins in the bank, how many coins are quarters? (SHOW WORK and LABEL your answer)

Answer 1

2

Explanation:

Method- 56-25=31-25=6

I subtracted 25 until I cant no more so I only did it 2 times so 2 quarters are in the piggy bank.

Quarters-2

Then since the remainder was 6 that means there was only 1 penny and 1 nickel.

Pennies- 1

Nickels-1