4.3 Extra Practice

Solve the following coin problems using any method. Show your work.

1) Sholay has 600 quarters and dimes in her piggy bank which totals $123.75. How many quarters does she have?

2) A coin bank contains $17 in pennies and nickels. If there are 1140 coins in the bank, how many of them are nickels?

3) A jar of coins contains six times as many quarters as dimes. If the total amount of money is $28.80, how many quarters and dimes are in the jar?

4) Liani cleaned the coin fountain at the mall and found 20 coins consisting of nickels and quarters. Her collection totaled to $2.60. How many quarters did she find?

5) Paco has twelve more pennies than he has nickels. All together he has $2.94. How many of each coin does he have?

6) Johan has 14 coins that have a total value of $2.30. The coins are nickels and quarters. How many of each coin does he have?

7) Laureen has $0.95 in dimes and nickels. She has a total of 11 coins. How many of each coin does she have?

8) Dana has 21 coins totaling $3.45. If he only has dimes and quarters, how many of each type of coin does he have?

9) A coin collector has 31 dimes and nickels with a total value of $2.40. How many of each coin do they have?