Tyson brought a bag of coins into the bank to be counted. The bag contained only nickels and
dimes. There were a total of 220 coins and the total value of those coins was $15.50.
Use what you have learned about systems of linear equations to determine how many of the coin
were nickels and how many were dimes. Then, fill in the blanks below with your answer.
number of nickels is
number of dimes is
There will be 130 nickels and 90 dimes. 100 nickels is 5 dollars. 90 dimes are 9 dollars. And then there will be 30 left. 30 dimes isn’t 1.50$ bur 30 nickels is 1.50$ so you add the 30 to the nickels and it’ll be exactly 15.50$.
