Little Lucy has $2.26 in her bank.

Question

Little Lucy has $2.62 in her bank. She has fourteen more nickels than dimes and two more pennies than nickels. What is the equation? 

 

How many dimes:?

How many nickles:?

How many pennies:?

 

 

Answer 1

Let the number of Nickels = N

Let the number of Dimes = D

Let the number of Pennies = P

 

She has fourteen more nickels than dimes:

N = 14 + D

 

and two more pennies than nickels:

P = N + 2

 

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