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Question 231061: A cashier goes to the bank to get $10 worth of change. He requests twice as many
quarters as half dollars, twice as many dimes as quarters, three times as many
nickels as dimes, and no pennies or dollars. How many of each coin did the cashier
get?
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Question 231251: A bag contains pennies and nickels only. If there are 182 coins in the bag and they add up to $3.90, how many of each type of coin do you have?
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Question 232347: In a group of quarters and nickels, there are four more nickels than quarters. How many nickels and quarters there if the coins are worth $2.30?
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Question 232569: you have total of 50 coins in your pocket.you only quarters and dimes and the total value $ is 11.00 how many of each coin do you have
this what i was trying to do: 25q+10d=50
25q+10(d-50)=50
25q+10d+500=50
25q+10d=50
15=50
x3
not sure if its right
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Question 232532: Here is an example of a word problem I can't figure out. I need to know how to translate it into an equation.
Winthrop has $4.40 worth of nickels and dimes. If he has 3.5 times as many nickels as he does dimes, how many dimes does he have?
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Question 232562: Could you please help me with this word problem. I have been really trying to figure it out for the past half hour and it is very difficult.
If Bennett had a certain number more nickels and fewer dimes, he would have .60 less. What is the number?
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Question 232936: How do you set up and solve a coin problem with more than two types of coins?

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Question 232905: Amy has dollar bills and Paul has quarters
Amy exchanges with Paul a dollar for a quarter
She continues to do this until Paul is out of quarters
Paul now has 6 dollar bills and Amy has $6.50 in quarter and dollars
How many dollar bills did Amy have in the beginning
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Question 233061: Raul has 25 dimes and quarters with a total value of $5.00. How many of each coin does he have?

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Question 233465: There were 35 nickels, dimes, and silver dollars in the pile, and their value was $12.25. How many coins of each kind were there if there were twice as many silver dollars as nickels?
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Question 233816: Betty has a jar containing 70 coins all of which are either quarters or nickels. the total value of the coins is 7.50 how many of each type of coin does she have?
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Question 233934: A child's coin bank contains $2.58 in pennies and nickels. If the number of pennies is 36 less than 2 times the number of nickels, how many nickels are in the bank?
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Question 235169: 5 quarters
Twice as many dimes as quarters
16 coins in all
Q=___ D=____ N=____
How can I explain to my daughter how to do this logical reasoning problem. I have trouble with word problems. Thank you for your help.
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Question 235128: Another problem I just couldn't figure out and I'm still working on it . A product that cost 2,000 increase by 5% in June. The new June price of the product increased by 5% on December 1st. How many dollars did the product increase by Dec 1. I don't have a clue! Can you please help? Sorry but, I'm still having trouble

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Question 235319: Penelope has several coins, all nickels and quarters in her piggy bank. The total amount of money that she has is $15.65. If Penelope has 13 more nickels than quarters, how many quarters does she have?

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Question 235732: the students want to raies $20 total. if they have 19 pennies and the rest in quarters how many quarters would that be

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Question 235870: What is the answer to: 20 coins consisting of dimes and quarters. Total value is $2.75
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Question 234929: Jeb has 25 coins. They are all quarters and nickels. He has a total of $2.85. How many quarters and nickels does he have?
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Question 237327: John has a total of 13 coins in his pocket. Of the 13 coins, they are all either quarters or dimes. The total value of the coins is $2.50. How many dimes does John have in his pocket?
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Question 238040: A piggy bank contains 50 coins, all of them nickels, dimes, or quarters. The total value of the coins is $5.60, and the value of the dimes is five times the value of the nickels. How many coins of each type are there?
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Question 238050: penny has nothing but dimes and quarters in her coin purse. if she has 24 coins altogether and 3 times as many dimes as quarters , how much money does she have ?
a) $8.40 b) $3.00 c) $3.60 d) $3.30 e) $5.10
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Question 232564: Luke has three times as many nickels as dimes and five times as many pennies as nickels.
a. how many of each kind of coin has he?
b. how much money has he?
c. Suppose he has $2.80. Then how many of each kind of coin has he?
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Question 238138: What number of quarters, dimes, nickles and pennies add up to 1 dollar. You need at least one of each type of coin. Can you do this as an equation and not using "trial and error"?
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Question 238216: A coin contains 60 coins, all dimes and quarters. The total amount is $11.40. How many quarters are there?

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Question 238183: will has $2.05 in dimes and quarters.He has 4 more quarters than dimes.Find the number he has of each kind of coin
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Question 238331: Maria paid 80 cents each for some packages of cards. She sold all but 18 packages for $2 each, making a profit of $48. How many packages of cards did she buy?
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Question 238454: daniel has 19 coins in dimes and nickles. after spending 85 cents. he has 4 dimes and 2 nickles left. how many nickles did daniel have to start with ?
a) 2 b) 19 c) 7 d) 2 e) 46
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Question 239166: wendy has 52 coins consisting of nickels and pennies. If the value of the coins is $1.20 then how many of each coin type does she have?
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Question 239245: There are 15 coins consisting of nickels, dimes and quarters. Their total is $1.10. The is one less nickels than four times the dimes. How many of each coin are there? Equation needed.
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Question 239274: I need some help with this question. Can you help.
A woman has $1.70 in dimes and nickels. She has 2 more dimes than nickels. How many nickels does she have?
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Question 240010: Bill has 4 times as many quarters as dimes.In all he has $2.20.How many coins of each type does he have?

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Question 240903: The cost of a chocolate shake is 40 cents less than the cost of a hamburger. If h represents the cost, in cents, of a hamburger, represent in terms of h the cost of a hamburger and a chocolate shake in dollars.
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Question 241355: After spending 10% of my weekly income and gave 25% of the remaining and left with RS540 find my weekly income.
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Question 241479: Is it possible to spend $30 for 100 stamps consisting of 20-cent stamps and 33-cent stamps?
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Question 241479: Is it possible to spend $30 for 100 stamps consisting of 20-cent stamps and 33-cent stamps?
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Question 241567: A rancher buys 100 live animals for $100. Chickens cost 50cents each, goats cost $3.50 and cows $10.00 each. How many of each did the rancher buy? Is more than one combination possible?
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Question 242168: A person has quarters and dimes that total $2.80. The number of dimes is 7 more than the number of quarters. How many of each coin does the person have
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Question 242339: A wallet contains 10 coins, all nickels or dimes, totaling 80 cents. How many
dimes are there?

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Question 243048: sheri's younger brother had a backyard carnaval wherehe earned $8 in dimes and nickels. he has twice as many dimes that nickles. how many dimes does he have
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Question 244705: A coin collection made up of quarters, nickels, and pennies contains a total of 275 coins. The number of quarters is 46 less than twice the number of nickels. The total face value of the coins is $37.47. How many of each denomination are there?
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Question 244804: Brian has a total of 241 dimes and nickels. If he has $15.65 total in dimes and nickels, then how man nickels does he have?
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Question 245372: average speed is equal to the total distance divided by total hour traveled
75 mile+7500 mile+ 500 mile+5mile=8080 mile
90 minutes+15 hours+ 48 hours+ 150 minutes=67 hours
8080 mile divided by 67 hours = 120.5970149
therefore the average speed for the entire trip is B.120.6
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