Question

Kenneth buys a pickle costing $0.22. He gives the cashier $1.00. The cashier gives him his change using the least number of coins possible. How many of each coin does he receive?
 
______quarters
 
_______dimes
 
______nickels
 
______pennies

Answer 1

3 quarters and 3 pennies

Answer 2

I think your dealing with money here so lets think about decimals so we can subtract $0.22 from $1.00 thats $0.78 so you can divide into the coins for example Quarters=0.25 cents dimes=0.10 cents nickels = 0.5 pennies= 0.1 let me know what you get :D