Marco buys a watering can costing $4.57. He gives the cashier $5.00. The cashier gives him his change using the least number of coins and bills possible. How many of each coin or bill does he receive?
one-dollar bills
quarters
dimes
nickels
pennies
Marco buys a watering can costing $4.57. He gives the cashier $5.00. The cashier gives him his change using the least number of coins and bills possible. How many of each coin or bill does he receive? one-dollar bills quarters dimes nickels pennies
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To find out how much change Marco receives, we first need to calculate the total change from his $5.00 after buying the watering can for $4.57.
1. Calculate the change:
[
text{Change} = text{Amount given} – text{Cost of the watering can} = 5.00 – 4.57 = 0.43
]
Marco receives $0.43.
2. Make the change using the least number of coins and bills:
– Start by using one-dollar bills: Marco doesn’t receive any since $0.43 is less than $1.
– Next, look at quarters (25 cents):
– One quarter = $0.25, so he can take 1 quarter.
– Remaining change: $0.43 – $0.25 = $0.18.
– Next, look at dimes (10 cents):
– One dime = $0.10, so he can take 1 dime.
– Remaining change: $0.18 – $0.10 = $0.08.
– Next, look at nickels (5 cents):
– One nickel = $0.05, so he can take 1 nickel.
– Remaining change: $0.08 – $0.05 = $0.03.
– Finally, look at pennies (1 cent):
– He can take