With only pennies and dimes, how many different ways can you make one dollar?

1 Answer
Jul 25, 2018

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

Assumption: You can use 10 dimes and no pennies or 100 pennies and no dimes:

  1. 10 dimes and 0 pennies
  2. 9 dimes and 10 pennies
  3. 8 dimes and 20 pennies
  4. 7 dimes and 30 pennies
  5. 6 dimes and 40 pennies
  6. 5 dimes and 50 pennies
  7. 4 dimes and 60 pennies
  8. 3 dimes and 70 pennies
  9. 2 dimes and 80 pennies
  10. 1 dimes and 90 pennies
  11. 0 dimes and 100 pennies