Open Middle®
Directions: You have $1.00 in your pocket. You only have pennies, nickels, and dimes. You don’t have any quarters or other coins. What coins are in your pocket?
Hint
Modifications: Provide coin manipulatives to make the problem more concrete.
Question/Hint: Have you tried drawing the coin possibilities?
Answer
Solutions may vary (e.g. 5 dimes, 9 nickels, and 5 pennies).
Source: Andrew Gael
Dimes: 9
Nickle: 1
Pennies: 5
Dimes: 6
Pennies: 10
Nickels: 5
This is 95 cents, not a dollar.
Dimes:4
Nickels:3
Pennies:8
Dimes:5
Nickles:7
pennies:0
Dimes:5
Nickles:9
Pennies:5
10 dimes
8 Dimes , 5 nickels , 5 pennies = 1.00
17: nickles
1: Dime
5: pennies
Dimes:6=60
nickels:6=30
pennies:10=10
witch will = 1.00!
60 pennies
2 dimes
4 nickles
5 dimes=50
9 nickels=45
5 pennies=5
85 pennies 1 nickel 1 dime
9 dimes, 1 nickel, 5 pennies.
10 pennies
14 nickles
2 dimes
10+70=80+20=100
10 pennies
2 nickels
8 dimes
100 pennies
10 pennies
8 nickels
6 dimes
5 dimes
25 pennies
5 nickles
5 dimes
9 nickels
5 pennies
10 dimes
5 dimes
9 nickels
and 5 pennies
4 nickels and 80 pennies
15 dimes,9 nickels, and 10p[ pennies
4qorters
100 pennies
9 dimes 2 nickels
5.dimes=50
20.pennies=20
6.nickels=30
=1.00
100 pennies equals to a dollar
100 pennies
100 pennies
100 pennies + 4 dimes
10 dimes
9 pennies, 9 nickles, 9 nickles, and 9 quarters.
5 nickels, 7 dimes, 5 pennies.