Grandpa has twenty-four coins in his pocket. Grandpa gives sam some clues about the total value of the coins in his pocket:

One-Sixth of the coins aré quarters

One - half of the coins aré dimes

Grandpa has the Equal amount of nickels and pennies grandpa says sam can have all the coins he has in his pocket if he discovers the correct total value of the coins. What Is the total value of the coins in grandpas pocket that sam should discover? Show all your mathematical thinking

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Gisselle Fuller

Mathematics

19 July, 19:05

Grandpa has twenty-four coins in his pocket. Grandpa gives sam some clues about the total value of the coins in his pocket:

One-Sixth of the coins aré quarters

One - half of the coins aré dimes

Grandpa has the Equal amount of nickels and pennies grandpa says sam can have all the coins he has in his pocket if he discovers the correct total value of the coins. What Is the total value of the coins in grandpas pocket that sam should discover? Show all your mathematical thinking

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Mercedes Ryan · Answer 1

First, find out how much of each coin the grandpa has ...

24:2 = 12 dimes

24:6 = 4 quarters

24-16 = 8 remaining coins

8:2 = 4 pennies and 4 nickels

Then, find out what each group of coins is worth ...

12 times 10 = $1.20 worth of dimes

4 times 25 = $1.00 of quarters

4 times 1 = 4 cents of pennies

4 times 5 = 20 cents worth of nickels

Then, add all the values that you found out in the last step together ...

$1.20

1.00

0.04

+0.20

$2.44 is the total value that Sam needs to discover.