Coin/Stamps Problems
YouTube Video
cents
25 Quarters=
1) Sylvia found some coins while looking under her sofa pillows. There were equal numbers of nickels
and quarters, and twice as many half-dollars as quarters. If she found $2.60 in all, how many of each
denomination of coin did she find?
Amount from nickels
Amount from Quarters

Amount from half-dollars


2) John Joslyn has a jar in his office that contains 39 coins. Some are pennies, and the rest are dimes.
If the total value of the coins is $2.64, how many of each denomination does he have?
Amount from pennies

Amount from Dimes

3) Lucinda found some stamps while looking under her sofa pillows. She found three times as many 5
cent stamps as 32 cent stamps and five more 15 cent stamps as 32 cent stamps. If the total value of the
stamps was $3.85, then how many of each stamp did she find?
Amount from 5 cent stamps
Amount from 32 cent stamps

Amount from 15 cent stamps


4) Thomas has a bank that contains pennies and dimes. If the total number of coins is 60 with a total
value of $3.03, then how many of each type of coin is in the bank.


5) A bank teller cashed a check for $200 using twenty-dollar bills and ten-dollar bills. In all, 12 bills
were handed to the customer. Find the number of twenty-dollar bills and the number of ten-dollar bills.