there are 28 coins made up of quarters and pennies. they equal 2 dollars and 20 cents. how many quarters and how many pennies are there?

Question

for some reason the numbers did not make sense

Answer 1

The smallest your pennies can get with out even setting up a mathematical equation is 20 (because you have $2.20 and the $0.20 can only be in pennies). Now you have eight left and make all of them quarters an you will have $0.25*8, which is $2.00. All together you will have $2.20.

 

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