Question

6. Yolanda's Purse

Yolanda finally cleaned her purse, and she found 40 coins at the bottom of her purse! All her
coins were dimes and pennies. Altogether she had $2.29. How many dimes and pennies did
she find? Make your own chart.

Answer 1

She found 19 pennies and 21 dimes

Explanation:

Let the number of dimes present be d and the number of pennies present be p

From the question, the total of both is 40

Mathematically;

p + d = 40 •••••••(i)

While a penny worths 1 cent, a dime is worth 10 cents

Total penny amount would be 1 * p = p cents

While total dime amount would be 10 * d = 10d cents

Before we add both to give the total amount, let’s convert this total amount to cents and that would be 2.29 * 100 = 229 cents

So mathematically;

p + 10d = 229 •••••••(ii)

So let’s solve both equations simultaneously

From i) p = 40 - d

let’s put this into equation ii

40 - d + 10d = 229

40 + 9d = 229

9d = 229-40

9d = 189

d = 189/9

d = 21

Recall;

P = 40-d

P = 40-21

P = 19