Question

Beverley has quarters and dimes in her pocket. She has 21 coins with a total value of $3.00. How many of each type of coin does she have? [?] quarters [ dimes Enter the number that belongs in the green box. Enter​

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

If all 21 coins were dimes, she'd have $2.10. But she has 90 more cents than that. Now for each coin that's a quarter, not a dime, she has 15 cents more. 90/15= 6. So there are 6 quarters, and 21-6 = 15 dimes.

Now we do it backwards to see if it's right. 6 quarters is $1.50, 15 dimes is $1.50, add those together and you get $3. So it's right. 6 quarters, 15 dimes.