Money Problems with Totals Homework
1. Erika has $10.65 made up of dimes and quarters. If there are 54 coins in total, how many dimes are
there?
2. A bill of $2.35 was paid in dimes and nickels. If there were 32 coins in all, how many of each kind
were there?
3. Mary bought a radio for $120. She paid for it with 10-dollar bills and 5-dollar bills. If there are 22
bills in all, how many of each kind are there?
4. A theatre sells adult tickets for $35 and student tickets for $25. If the theatre sells a total of 73 tickets
and makes $2265, how many of each type of ticket did they sell?
5. A fruit stand sells apples and peaches. The apples sell for $0.25 each and the peaches sell for $0.50
each. On Sunday, the fruit stand sold 60 pieces of fruit and made $20.25. How many of each type of
fruit did they sell?
6. Chris deposited $4.50 in nickels, dimes and quarters into a piggy bank. The number of dimes exceeds
the number of nickels by 5 and the number of quarters is one-fifth the number of nickels. How many
of each are there?
ANSWERS:
1] 19 dimes, 35 quarters 2] 15 dimes, 17 nickels 3] 2 tens, 20 fives 4] 44 adults, 29 students 5] 39 apples, 21 peaches
6] 20 nickels, 25 dimes, 4 quarters
