Test your skills of deduction with the November 2022 edition of Riddle Me This: Making Change
What is the maximum value of change that you can have in U.S. coins (pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters) without being able to give someone exact change for a one-dollar bill?
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1.69
Tom I’d love to understand your answer! I came up with 3 quarters, 3 dimes and 4 pennies for $1.09
Me too.
I’d love to understand why the official answer is $1.19. I got $1.05 (3 Quarters & 3 Dimes) – the official answer was 3 quarters, 4 dimes, & 4 pennies, but at 3 quarters+3 dimes you’re already over $1 so why would anyone give the additional dime + 4 pennies….
Although your answer works for not having the exact change, it would not be the maximum amount of change. $1.19 is the maximum.
It would make more sense to limit it to maximum change UNDER $1 in which case it would be 97 cents.
If there is no limit, then you could have $1,000,000 in quarters and not be able to make change for a 55 cent item being paid with $1…..
I believe the question is the ability to make $1.00 in change (coins) in exchange for a $1 bill
The wording of the question implies that you would have at least one of each coin and that you would make change for the dollar bill. 1-quarter, 1 -dime, 1- nickel, and 59 pennys is 99 cents and you could not make change for the dollar. This is 62 coins.
Add another dime and you still can’t do it without a nickel to go with it– $1.19. (?)
The answer is $1.69 with 3 quarters, 9 dimes and 4 cents.
2 quarters and 5 dimes is $1 already.
The point is the the ability to make exact change.
I agree with Tom and Steve. Max out the quarters (3) and dimes (9), fill in the pennies (4) and avoid the nickels. $1.69.
With 3Q, 9D, 0N, 4P in your pocket, you could give them 2Q+5D for exact change.