Library / /339 of 475

, 2008

Number theory Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

Alex has \$2.65. He has only dimes (worth \$0.10 each) and quarters (worth \$0.25 each). He has more dimes than quarters. What is the smallest number of coins that Alex could have?

(A) $25$ (B) $16$ (C) $13$ (D) $19$ (E) $22$

Want a route through all this instead of an archive? The track puts 2,604 problems in a working order, from Junior Challenge level to the IMO shortlist.

Source: CEMC, University of Waterloo, licensed CC-BY-NC-4.0. Statement reproduced verbatim; metadata (topic, difficulty) added by this project. Solutions are the publisher's, linked not copied.