Math 8
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Word Problems related to money
1) Forty students bought caps at the baseball game. Plain caps costs $4 each and deluxe
ones cost $6 each. If the total bill was $236, how many students bought the deluxe
cap?
2) Adult tickets for the game cost $6 each and student tickets cost $3 each. A total of
1040 tickets worth $5400 were sold. How many student tickets were sold?
3) A collection of 60 dimes and nickels is worth $4.80. How many dimes are there?
(Hint: Use 480 cents instead 0f $4.80)
4) A collection of 54 dimes and nickels is worth $3.80. How many nickels are there?
(Hint: Use 380 cents instead 0f $3.80)
5) Paula paid $4 for each stadium cushion. She sold all but 12 of them for $8 each and
made a profit of $400. How many cushions did she buy?
(Hint: Profit = selling price – buying price)
6) I have three times as many dimes as quarters. If the coins are worth $6.60, how
many quarters are there?
7) I have 12 more nickels than quarters. If the coins are worth $5.40, how many nickels
are there?
8) Robbie has 40 coins, all dimes and quarters, worth $7.60. How many dimes and how
many quarters does he have?
9) Gayle has 36 coins, all nickels and dimes, worth $2.40. How many dimes does she
have?
10) Leo has $4.80 in dimes and quarters. He has 6 more dimes than quarters. How many
quarters does he have?
11) Nancy and Kerry have the same number of coins. Nancy has only dimes and Kerry
has only quarters. If Kerry has $3.00 more than Nancy, how much does Nancy
have?
12) Ben has $3.40 in nickels and dimes. He has 4 more dimes than nickels. How many
dimes does he have?