Cindy buys a box of dog biscuits costing $1.66. She gives the cashier $5.00. The cashier gives her her change using the least number of coins and bills possible. How many of each coin or bill does she receive?
one-dollar bills
quarters
dimes
nickels
pennies
Cindy buys a box of dog biscuits costing $1.66. She gives the cashier $5.00. The cashier gives her her change using the least number of coins and bills possible. How many of each coin or bill does she receive? one-dollar bills quarters dimes nickels pennies
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To find out how much change Cindy receives, we first subtract the cost of the dog biscuits from the amount she gave to the cashier:
$5.00 – $1.66 = $3.34
Now, we will break down the change of $3.34 using the least number of coins and bills possible:
1. One-dollar bills: The largest denomination less than $3.34 is $3.00, which means she gets 3 one-dollar bills.
2. Remaining amount after taking out the three one-dollar bills:
$3.34 – $3.00 = $0.34
3. Quarters: The largest coin less than 34 cents is 25 cents (1 quarter).
$0.34 – $0.25 = $0.09
4. Dimes: The largest coin less than 9 cents is 0 (since 10 cents is too much), so we use 0 dimes.
Remaining amount: $0.09
5. Nickels: The largest coin less than 9 cents is 5 cents (1 nickel).
$0.09 – $0.05 = $0.04
6. Pennies: The remainder is 4 cents, so she would get 4 pennies.
Now let’s summarize:
– One-dollar bills: 3
– Quarters: 1