Let's first find all the way to use pennies. The only ways to use pennies at all is to use 5 pennies exactly. So we have to make the remaining 70 cents with 4 or fewer coins. If we use no half dollar, then the only way to make the remaining 70 cents is 2 quarters and 2 dimes. That's 1 way. If we use a half dollar, to make the remaining 15 cents, we can either use 1 or 2 dimes and the rest, if any, in nickels. That's 2 ways That exhausts all the ways to use pennies. The rest of the ways will use no pennies, just half dollars, quarters, dimes, and nickels. If we use no half dollar or quarters, we can use 6 or 7 dimes and the rest in nickels. That's 2 ways. If we use no half dollar and 1 quarter, we can make the remaining 50 cents using 2,3,4 or 5 dimes and the rest, if any, in nickels. That's 4 ways. If we use no half dollars and 2 quarters, we can make the remaining 25 cents using 0,1, or 2 dimes and the rest, if any, in nickels. That's 3 ways. If we use no half dollars and 3 quarters, that's 75 cents. That's 1 way. If we use 1 half dollar, and no quarter, the remaining 25 cents in 3 or fewer coins. So the only way is 0,1, or 2 dimes, with the rest in nickels. That's 3 ways. The only remaining way is 1 half dollar and 1 quarter. That's 1 way. Adding all these up: 1+2+2+4+3+1+3+1 = 17 ways. Edwin