To have the most coins we must have as many pennies as possible. But we must have at least one each of quarters, dimes and nickels. So we get just 1 each of those. 1 quarter, 1 dime, and 1 nickel makes 40 cents, so we need 60 pennies to make $1. Therefore the most possible number of coins is 63: 1 quarter, 1 dime, 1 nickle and 60 pennies, which is 63 coins. To have the least number of coins we must have as few pennies as possible, which is 5. We must have as many quarters as possible, which is of course 3. So that accounts for 80 cents. Now we must get the remaining 20 cents in dimes and nickles. That can only be 1 dime and 2 nickels, since we can't use 2 dimes and no nickles. Therefore the least possible number of coins is 11: 3 quarters, 1 dime, 2 nickles and 5 pennies, which is 11 coins. Edwin