3.5 ­ Coin and Stamp Word Problems PARTIAL.notebook
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Aim: Coin/Stamp Word Problems
Warm-Up: List the value of each coin as a decimal:
Penny:
Nickel:
Dime:
Quarter:
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Coin Word Problems
1. In your pocket is some combination of pennies and nickels, the total value of which is $0.84.
If the number of nickels is three less than twice the number of pennies, how many pennies do you have?
2. After work on Friday your boss decides he is going to pay you in cash. He hands you
22 bills totaling $350. However, since there was a big rush a Build-A-Bear this week,
he can only give you a combination of $5 and $20 bills. How many $5 bills do you have?
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Stamp Word Problems
3. A stamp collector has some 15-cent stamps and some 20-cent stamps. The number of
15-cent stamps is eight less than three times the number of 20-cent stamps. The total
value is $4. Find the number of each type of stamp in the collection.
4. At the post office you spend $1.00 on a combination of 5-cent, 10-cent, and 20-cent
stamps. The number of 20-cent stamps is half that of the number of 5-cent stamps. The
number of 20-cent stamps plus the number of 10-cent stamps is four. How many 5-cent
stamps do you have?
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Aim: Coin/Stamp Word Problems
5. In conducting its daily business, a department store uses twice as many five-dollar
bills as ten-dollar bills. $2,500 was obtained in five- and ten-dollar bills for the day‛s
business. How many five-dollar bills were obtained?
6. A piggy bank contains $4.00 worth of only nickels and dimes. Find the number of dimes
in the pig if there are 56 total coins.
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Aim: Coin/Stamp Word Problems
7. A coin bank contains 25 coins in nickels, dimes, and quarters. There are four times as
many dimes as quarters. The value of the coins is $2.05. How many dimes are in the bank?
8. A coin collection contains nickels, dimes, and quarters. There are twice as many dimes as
quarters and seven more nickels than dimes. The total value of all the coins is $3.10. How
many quarters are in the collection?
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Aim: Coin/Stamp Word Problems
9. An account executive bought 300 stamps for $73.80. The purchase included
15-cent stamps, 20-cent stamps, and 40-cent stamps. The number of 20-cent
stamps is four times the number of 15-cent stamps. How many 40-cent stamps
were purchased?
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Aim: Coin/Stamp Word Problems
10. A stamp collector has 8-cent stamps, 11-cent stamps, and 18-cent stamps.
The collector has twice as many 8-cent stamps as 18-cent stamps. There are three
more 11-cent stamps than 18-cent stamps. The total value of the stamps in the
collection is $3.48. Find the number of 18-cent stamps in the collection.
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