Activity Sheet Coin Problems

Activity Sheet Coin Problems
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 fiftycent pieces, and the same number of quarters as dimes. She has twice as many
nickels as dimes and a dollars 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?

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