PAH Coin Problems Homework
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Solve each problem and show all work on a separate piece of paper:
1. Little Boy Blue has 3 more dimes than quarters. The total value of the coins is $1.70. Find the number of each
type of coin.
2. Little Miss Muffet has 4 more quarters than dimes. The total value of the coins is $2.05. Find the number of each
type of coin.
3. A parking meter contains nickels and dimes. There is one more dime than twice the number of nickels. The total
value of the coins is $1.60. Find the number of coins of each type.
4. A coin-operated washing machine contains nickels and quarters. There is one less nickel than 3 times the
number of quarters. The total value of the coins is $19.95. Find the number of coins of each type.
5. A coin-sorting machine contains half-dollars, dimes, and nickels worth $3.60. There are 3 times as many nickels
as half-dollars and 2 more nickels than dimes. How many of each type of coin are in the machine?
6. Another coin-sorting machine contains quarters, dimes, and nickels worth $12.60. There are 3 more nickels than
dimes. The number of quarters is 3 more than twice the number of dimes. Find the number of each type of coin
in the machine.
7. A handful of 21 nickels and dimes is worth $1.65. Find the number of each type of coin.
8. A bigger handful of 160 nickels and dimes is worth $14.30. Find the number of each type of coin.
9. A little girl’s piggybank contains $10.70 in nickels, dimes, and quarters. There are 10 more quarters than nickels.
The number of dimes is 2 less than 3 times the number of nickels. Find the number of each type of coin in the
piggybank.
10. Jack has 4 more dimes than nickels. After spending 2 nickels and 3 dimes on a present for Jill, he has coins worth
90 cents left. How many of each type of coin does he have left?
11. Jill has 4 more nickels than dimes. After spending 3 nickels and 2 dimes on a present for Jack, she has coins
worth 15 cents left. How many of each type of coin does she have left?
12. Sue had three times as many nickels as dimes. If the total value of her coins was $1, how many of each kind of
coin did she have?
13. Ingenious Eugenia had 5 times as many quarters as dimes. If the total value of her coins was $16.20, how many
of each kind of coin did she have?
14. A purple piggy bank contained $14.55 in quarters, dimes, and nickels. If there were three more than twice as
many dimes as nickels and three less than three times as many quarters as nickels, how many of each kind of
coin was in the purple piggy bank?
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