Question

Greg has a dollar bill, quarters, and dimes.

Fill in the table to show the ways he can make $3.75.

How many ways can he make $3.75?

Answer 1

ill help u if u help me with a test hows that?

Answer 2

start with the maximum amounts of the biggest items, and work your way down
dollars, quarters, dime could be
3 3 0
3 1 5
2 7 0
2 5 5
2 3 10
2 1 15
and so on down to
0 1 35

Answer 3

"a dollar bill" ... one

oobleck's technique is good...just start in the right place
... always no more than a 1 in the 1st position

1 11 0 ... etc.

Answer 4

oops. I missed the "a dollar bill"

I'll just take credit for a more general solution :-)