Respect Responsibility
Readiness
1.
Phil
T. Rich has some coins in his pocket consisting of dimes, nickels, and pennies.
He has two more nickels than dimes, and three times as many pennies as nickels.
How many of each kind of coin does he have if the total value is 52 cents?
2.
Ernest
Worker had a collection of silver coins worth $205. There were five times as
many quarters as half-dollars (50-cent pieces) and 200 fewer dimes than
quarters. How many of each kind of coin did the Ernest have?
3.
Kay
Oss bought $32.56 worth of stamps. She bought 20 more 19-cent stamps than
50-cent stamps. She bought twice as many 32-cent stamps as 19-cent stamps. How
many of each kind did she buy?
4.
A
collection of coins has a value of 64 cents. There are two more nickels than
dimes and three times as many pennies as dimes. How many of each kind of coin
are there?
5.
Lotta Spences has ten bills
in her wallet. She has a total of $40. If she has one more $5 bill than $10
bills, and two more $ bills than $5 bills, how many of each does she have?
(There are two ways of working this problem. See if you can do it both ways.)
6.
Dan D. Lyons bought $21.44
worth of stamps at the post office. He bought 10 more 4-cent stamps than 19-cent
stamps. The number of 32-cent stamps was three times the number of 19-cent
stamps. He also bought two $1 stamps. How many of each kind of stamp did he
purchase?
7.
Nick O’ Time purchases a
selection of wrenches for his shop. His bill is $78. He buys the same number of
$1.50 and $2.50 wrenches, and half that many of $4 wrenches. The number of $3
wrenches is one more than the number of $4 wrenches. How many of each did he
purchase? (Hint: if you have not worked with fractions, use decimals for all
fractional parts.)
8.
Phoebe Small at the XYZ
Department Store receives $15 in change for her cash drawer at the start of each
day. She receives twice as many dimes as fifty-cent pieces, and the same number
of quarters as dimes. She has twice as many nickels as dimes and a dollar’s
worth of pennies. How many of each kind of coin does she receive?
9. A collection of 36 coins
consists of nickels, dimes, and quarters. There are three fewer quarters than
nickels and six more dimes than quarters. How many of each kind of coin are
there?
10. The cash drawer of the
Greasy Spoon Cafe contains $227 in bills. There are six more $5 bills than $10
bills. The number of $1 bills is two more than 24 times the number of $10 bills.
How many bills of each kind are there?
11. Lois Lane went to the
drugstore. She bought a bottle of aspirin and a bottle of Tylenol. The aspirin
cost $1.25 more than the Tylenol. She also bought cologne which cost twice as
much as the total of the other two combined. How much did each cost if her total
(with out tax) was $24.75?
12. Superman bought some gum and some candy. The number of packages of gum was one
more than the number of mints. The number of mints was three times the number of
candy bars. If gum was 24 cents a package, mints were 10 cents each, and candy
bars were 35 cents each, how many of each did he get for $5.72?
13. Clay Potts had $50 to buy
his groceries. He needed milk at $1.95 a carton, bread at $2.39 a loaf,
breakfast cereal at $3.00 a box, and meat at $5.39 a pound. He bought twice as
many cartons of milk as loaves of bread and one more package of cereal than
loaves of bread. He also bought the same number of pounds of meat as packages of
cereal. How many of each item did he purchase if he received $12.25 in change?
14. Mr. Merrill has 3 times as
many nickels as dimes. The coins have a total value of $1.50. How many of each
coin does he have?
15. Ms. Lynch has 21 coins in
nickels and dimes. Their total value is $1.65. How many of each coin does she
have?
16. A vending machine that
takes only dimes and quarters contains 30 coins, with a total value of $4.20.
How many of each coin are there?
17. The total value of the $1
bills and $5 bills in a cash box is $124. There are 8 more $5 bills than $1
bills. How many of each are there?
18. A collection of nickels and
quarters amounts to $2.60. There are 16 coins in all. How many of each coin are
there?
19. Joe Lick bought some
20-cent and 25-cent stamps. He bought 32 stamps in all, and paid $7.40 for them.
How many stamps of each kind did he buy?
20. For a school play, 340
tickets valued at $810 were sold. Some cost $2 and some cost $3. How many
tickets of each kind were sold?
21. Romeo bought a mixture of
20-cent, 35-cent, and 50-cent valentines. The number of 20-cent valentines was 1
more than twice the number of 35-cent valentines, and the number of 50-cent
valentines was 2 less than the number of 35-cent ones. If he spent $4.20 all
together, how many valentines of each kind did he buy?