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Thank you for working out the money in our birthday present pot! We have had lots of suggestions from St Aldhelms School:
Matthew:
20 * £1.00 | = | £20.00 |
20 * 50p | = | £10.00 |
44 * 20p | = | £8.80 |
3 * 10p | = | 30p |
13 * 5p | = | 65p |
Total | £39.75 |
Justin:
7 * £1.00 | = | £7.00 |
48 * 50p | = | £24.00 |
43 * 20p | = | £8.60 |
1 * 10p | = | £0.10 |
1 * 5p | = | £0.05 |
Total | £39.75 |
Emma:
10 * £1.00 | = | £10.00 |
50 * 50p | = | £25.00 |
10 * 20p | = | £2.00 |
25 * 10p | = | £2.50 |
5 * 5p | = | 25p |
Total | £39.75 |
Daniel:
1 * £1.00 | = | £1.00 |
72 * 50p | = | £36.00 |
8 * 20p | = | £1.60 |
4 * 10p | = | 40p |
15 * 5p | = | 75p |
Total | £39.75 |
When you pay for things in shops you can give the money in lots of different ways, but in this case you had exactly 100 coins. Perhaps it is a little unexpected that there are all these different solutions. Are there any more?