Showing posts with label 100 coins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 100 coins. Show all posts

Saturday, October 31, 2015

Solving simultaneous equations


Here is a link to practice problems for simultaneous equations. The coin problems all use elimination instead of substitution. Here are the same coin problems using substitution, with the answers in the comment below.

a) 100 coins, all quarters and pennies, total = $13.72

b) 100 tickets, all children ($6) and adult ($12), total =$912

c) 100 coins, all quarters and nickels, total = $8.20

d) 100 coins, all dimes and pennies, total = $3.79

e) 100 coins, all dimes and nickels, total = $7.85

f) 100 coins, all quarters and dimes, total = $14.65

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

100 coin (or ticket) problems


a) 100 coins, all quarters and pennies, total = $13.72

b) 100 tickets, all children ($6) and adult ($12), total =$912

c) 100 coins, all quarters and nickels, total = $8.20

d) 100 coins, all dimes and pennies, total = $3.79

e) 100 coins, all dimes and nickels, total = $7.85

f) 100 coins, all quarters and dimes, total = $14.65

Answers in the comments