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Sheet # 2 Critical Thinking - Money

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A pack of gum costs 25 cents. You want to pay for the gum using the exact amount of money. Can you name all the different coin combinations you could use?









































Answers for sheet # 2

1 quarter
25 pennies
20 pennies and 1 nickel
15 pennies and 2 nickels
10 pennies and 3 nickels
5 nickels
3 nickels and 1 dime
1 nickel and 2 dimes
4 nickels and 5 pennies
1 dime, 2 nickels and 5 pennies

* 2 dimes and 5 pennies

* 10 pennies, 1 nickel, and 1 dime

* 15 pennies and one dime