How many combinations of coins make 75 cents?
James Williams
Updated on April 10, 2026
How many different combinations of coins can you use to pay for the call? 16 total. Here are the 16 possible combinations for number of quarters, dimes, and nickels that sum to 75 cents.
What coins make up 75 cents?
Counting Money
| A | B |
|---|---|
| 5 pennies + 1 nickel = | 10 cents |
| 4 dimes = | 40 cents |
| 5 nickels = | 25 cents |
| 3 quarters = | 75 cents |
What 8 coins make 68 cents?
Question 611362: If Jessie has 8 coins that equal 68 cents, what are the coins? Two quarters, three nickels, and three pennies.
How do you make 100 cents with coins?
A dollar is worth 100 cents and each dollar bill is the same value as 100 penny coins. Each dime is worth 10 cents so ten dimes make one dollar because 10 x 10 = 100 cents. Each nickel is worth 5 cents so twenty nickels make one dollar because 20 x 5 = 100 cents.
How many ways can you make the number 75?
75 = 1 x 75, 3 x 25, or 5 x 15. Factors of 75: 1, 3, 5, 15, 25, 75. Prime factorization: 75 = 3 x 5 x 5, which can also be written 75 = 3 x 5². 75 is never a clue in the FIND THE FACTORS puzzles.
What make 50 cents?
If you count the number of possible ways to draw 3 out of 5 dimes, 6 out of 10 nickels, etc., you can indeed come up with 5604 possible combinations of coins drawn from 1 quarter, 5 dimes, and 10 nickels that will sum to 50 cents.
How many coins make a dollar?
Answer: 100 pennies, 20 nickels, 10 dimes, or 4 quarters; each = 1 dollar.
How many dollars is 400 cents?
400 CENTERCOIN is 0.183708 US Dollar.
How many coins can you use to make 75 cents?
Using only quarters, dimes, and nickels, how many different combinations of coins can be used to make 75 cents. If you don’t use any quarters you have to have an odd number of nickels. That could be any of the odd numbers from 1 through 15 nickels, because you could always make the rest of the 75 cents with dimes only.
How many coins do you need to make any change?
If you had less than 10 coins, you would have less than 3 quarters. But then the maximal possible change you could get using all coins is 4 + 5 + 20 + 50 = 79, not enough. This means you have at least 10 coins. Thomas’s answer shows that in fact if you have 4 pennies, 1 nickel, 2 dimes and 3 quarters, all is well.
Can you make 50 cents out of nickels and dimes?
If you use exactly 1 quarter, you have to make the remaining 50 cents using nickels and dimes and you must have an even number of nickels, from 0 through 10, for you could always make the rest of the 50 cents with dimes. That’s 6 more ways. If you use 2 quarters, then there are only 3 ways to make the remaining 25 cents with nickels and dimes.
How many quarters can you use to make 25 cents?
If you use 2 quarters, then there are only 3 ways to make the remaining 25 cents with nickels and dimes. That is 2 dimes and a nickel, 3 nickels and 1 dime, and 5 nickels. That’s 3 more ways. Finally there is the one way to use 3 quarters.
