Joshua cashed a check for 16.79. He asked the teller to give him as many quarters as possible. How many quarters did he get?

Question

This is a division question.

Answer 1

A simpler one: $16.79/$0.25 = 67.16. Since you can't give him 0.16 of a quarter, the answer is the whole number, without any rounding up or down, so he gets 67 quarters

Answer 2

Division could be used. How about thinking?

Each dollar is four quarters. $16 = 16(4) quarters or 64 quarters.

$0.79 = $0.75 + $0.09

$0.75 = three quarters

So Joshua can get 67 quarters.