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Shopkeeper
A shopkeeper has £25.83p in his till.
It is made up of 4 different coins.
There are the same number of each coin.
£1 coin is the highest coin to be used, so the available coins are: 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, and £1.
Which 4 coins are used and how many of them are there?
It is made up of 4 different coins.
There are the same number of each coin.
£1 coin is the highest coin to be used, so the available coins are: 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, and £1.
Which 4 coins are used and how many of them are there?
Answer
He uses twenty-one £1 coins,twenty-one 20p,
twenty-one 2p, and
twenty-one 1p.
Total: £25.83p
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