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Question 521936: A box contains two equal sums of money, one sum in dimes and the other in quarters. If there are 70 coins in all, how much money is in the box?
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Question 523187: Danika has $0.78 in nickels and pennies. The number of pennies that she has is one more than twice the number of nickels. Find how many of each type of coin she has.
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Question 523205: nickel is 10 times bigger than dimes. the sum of two is $3.50 what is the value of each?
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Question 523224: I have 48 coins, all nickels, dimes and quarters, worth $4.80. I have 8 more nickels than dimes. How many quarters do I have?
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Question 523862: A box contains 36 coins, of pennies, dimes and quarters. The # of pennies = dimes, and the total value is $2.76. How many of each denomination of coin is there?
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Question 523947: jACK CLIMBED UP THE BEANSTALK AT A UNIFORM RATE. AT 2PM HE WAS 1/6 OF THE WAY UP AND AT 4PM HE WAS 3/4 UP . WHAT FRACTIONAL PART OF THE ENTIRE BEANSTALK HAD HE CLIMBED BY 3PM?

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Question 524061: How many dimes & quarters are in $19.75 if you have 100 coins?
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Question 524072: Joan has $4.50 in nickels, dimes, and quarters. There are twice as many dimes as nickels, and two more quarters than nickels. How many of each type of coin does she have?
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Question 524223: Nicole has one less than one-fifth as many dimes as quarters. She has $8.00 worth of coins. How many of each coin does she have?
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Question 524222: You have 5 less than twice as many dimes than quarters. You have $4.90 in all. How many of each coin do you have?
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Question 524851: One night a waiter recieved $11.30 in tips-all coins. He had 3 times as many dimes as nickels, and 10 more quarters than dimes. Find the number of each type of coin.

I dont truly understand how to find the formula for this -__- plzz help!!!!

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Question 524886: A collection of 33 coins, consisting of nickels, dimes, and quarters, has a value of $3.30. If there are three times as many nickels as quarters, and one-half as many dimes as nickels, how many coins of each kind are there.
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Question 525274: Penny says 4times65 equals 260. Is it right. Explain
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Question 525550: I have two coins, both U.S. currency and together they add up to $0.30. One of the coins is not a quarter. What are the two coins?
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Question 525877: Anthony has four coins, the total amount is 25 cents. what coins he have?
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Question 526044: Kyle has two more than three fourths as many nickels as dimes. Kyle has $8.35, How many of each coin does hehave?
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Question 526392: Peggy had four times as many quarters as nickels. She had $2.10 in all. How many nickels and how many quarters did she have?
Which of the following equations could be used to solve the problem?
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Question 526562: jim has 11 coins in dimes and quarters.their value is 1.70 how many of each does he have and how did you fiuger this out
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Question 526553: Jill had 33 coins in her pocket, some quarters and some dimes. The value of the coins is $5.55. How many of each type of coin did she have?
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Question 526168: Jonathan saved nickles and quarters. he had a total of twenty coins whose value was $1.80. how many of each kind of coin did he have?
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Question 526645: 19 quarters to 5 dollaras lowest tems

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Question 526695: Ron has x quaters. He has the same number of dimes as quarters. He has one more nickels than quarters. He has a total of $0.85. how many coins of each does he have?
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Question 527205: How many combinations can be made into 41 cents only using pennies, quarters, dimes, and nickles
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Question 528279: Suppose Tom has 21 coins totaling $3.45. If he has only dimes and quarters, how many of each tyoe does he have?
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Question 530015: A person has two times as many nickels as quarters. If the total face value of these coins is $3.50, how many of each type of coin does this person have?
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Question 530546: Ben has eight 5 cent coins and three 10 cent coins. How much does he have altogether?
(I need a step by step solution please)
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Question 530845: Kirsten has 64 coins in her piggy bank.She has $9.25 in dimes and quarters. How many dimes and how many quarters does she have?
I am doing Singapore math. I am in 5th grade.
Please help!!
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Question 530815: If you have nickels, dimes, and quarters then, how many ways can you make 50 cents?
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Question 530953: Mr.Bob cashed $185 in his bank. He received $1 bills, $5 bills,and $10 bills
in this order.the numbers of these three types of bills he received were three consecutive integers. How many bills of each type did he receive?

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Question 530955: In Paul's bank,there is $2.60 in pennies, nickles,and dimes. In all there are 45 coins. If there are twice as many nickles as pennies, find how many of each kind there are if you only use one variable.
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Question 531081: You have 100 coins in nickels,dimes, and quarters. The value of the coins is $21.25. You have 3 more nickels than dimes. What are the three equations that you would use to solve this problem?
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Question 531682: what six coins equal $1.56?

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Question 532328: You spend 1/3 of your money then with the change you spend another 1/3 of what is left, then you spend 3/4 of the change and are left with $4.60 how much did you start out with....
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Question 532542: My son is in 4th grade. His test had a question that read: Terry said he had three times as many dimes as quarters in each of the three books in his coin collection. Which table correcxtly shoes the relatonship of dimes to quarters in his coin collection?
A
dimes quarters
3 , 9
8 , 24
10 , 30
B
9 , 3
8 , 24
10 , 30
C
1 , 4
2 , 5
3 , 6
What should the correct answer be?
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Question 532948: My little brother has this on his HW and both of us are stuck:
Anne has $2.00 in nickels and dimes. She has 5 more dimes than nickels. How many dimes and nickels does she have?

I kept getting 0=0 and then tried this [d=dimes,n=nickels]: {2.00=.10d+.05n} {d=n+5}
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Question 533338: if i have $7.10 in nickles and quarters. how many nickles will i have if i have 10 more nickles than quarters?
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Question 533696: A jar of coins contains dimes, pennies, and quarters. There are 220 pennies in the jar. There are 3 quarters for every 4 pennies, and there is 1 dime for every 3 quarters. How many dimes and quarters are in the jar?

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Question 533991: Ricardo Guiterrez has a box of coins that he uses to play poker with friends. The box currently contains 38 coins, consisting of quarters, dimes and pennies. The number of pennies is equal to the number of dimes and the total value is $4.04. How many of each denomination of coin does Ricardo have?
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Question 534062: 1. If you have four quarters, three dimes, two nickels, and two pennies, what fraction of the whole coin
collection is in dimes?
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Question 534660: What 7 coins can i use to make a dollar with NO dimes?
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Question 534625: Barbara has 20 coins consisting of nickels and dimes. If the nickels were dimes and the dimes were nickels, she would have 30 cents more than she has now. How many dimes did she have to begin with?
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