Did you know?
Did you know that you can solve the problem of Ashley's coins using basic math operations? Let's break it down:
1. Ashley had 21 dimes and 22 nickels.
2. He used twice as many dimes as nickels, so let's find out how many nickels he used. We can divide the number of dimes by 2, which gives us 21 / 2 = 10.5. Since you can't have half a nickel, we'll round it down to 10 nickels.
3. To determine the number of dimes used, we multiply the number of nickels by 2, which gives us 10 x 2 = 20 dimes used.
4. Ashley had 13 coins left, so we subtract this amount from the total number of coins (21 dimes + 22 nickels = 43 coins), 43 - 13 = 30 coins used.
5. To determine the value of the coins used, we multiply the number of dimes used by 10 cents (20 dimes x $0.10 = $2.00) and the number of nickels used by 5 cents (10 nickels x $0.05 = $0.50).
6. Adding the values of dimes and nickels, we get $2.00 + $0.50 = $2.50.
Therefore, Ashley used a total of $2.50.
