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Ken has a group of coins worth $6.70. He has four times as many nickels as dimes, and twenty fewer quarters than nickels. How many quarters does he have?

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B) 18
C) 16
D) 15
E) 14
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Ken has a group of coins worth $6.70. He has four times as many nickels as dimes, and twenty fewer quarters than nickels. How many quarters does he have?
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B)18
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Let x = the NUMBER of dimes
So, 4x = the NUMBER of nickels
And 4x - 20 = the NUMBER of quarters

One dime is worth $0.1, so 0.10x = the total VALUE of the dimes (in dollars)
Likewise, (0.05)(4x) = the total VALUE of the nickels (in dollars)
And (0.25)(4x - 20) = the total VALUE of the quarters (in dollars)

The total VALUE of all coins is $6.70

So, we can write: 0.10x + (0.05)(4x) + (0.25)(4x - 20) = 6.70
Simplify to get: 0.10x + 0.20x + x - 5 = 6.70
Simplify again to get: 1.3x - 5 = 6.70
Add 5 to both sides to get: 1.3x = 11.70
Solve: x = 11.70/1.3 = 9

So, there are 9 DIMES, 36 nickels and 16 quarters.

Answer: C

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Ken has a group of coins worth $6.70. He has four times as many nickel 02 Oct 2018, 14:52
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Ken has a group of coins worth $6.70. He has four times as many nickels as dimes, and twenty fewer quarters than nickels. How many quarters does he have?
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Let x be the number of nickels, Y be the number of dimes, and Z be the number of quarters


Four times as many nickels as dimes can be translated into (1)

x = 4y (1)
z = x - 20 (2) which can be rearranged to be z + 20 = x


6.70 = 0.05x+0.1y+0.25z
6.70 = 0.05*4y+0.1y+0.25(4y-20)

6.70 = 0.2y+0.1y+1y - 5
11.70 = 1.3y

Y = 9
X = 36
Z = 36 - 20 = 16 << number of quarters.

Another approach would be to pick a number after setting up the initial equations (1) and (2)

If we select Z = 16 then x would be 36

If we multiply 16 * 0.25 = 4
And 36 * 0.05 = 1.8

X = 36 then y is 9
9*0.1 = 0.9

1.8+0.9+4 = 6.70.

Answer choice C

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Ken has a group of coins worth $6.70. He has four times as many nickel 02 Oct 2018, 15:13
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Ken has a group of coins - nickels, dimes and quarters only - worth $6.70. He has four times as many nickels as dimes, and twenty fewer quarters than nickels. How many quarters does he have?
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Let N be the number of nickels, D the number of dimes, Q the number of quarters and let us consider CENTS as the "problem´s unit".

Doing so, we have:

\(N = 4D\,\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\,5N = 20D\)

\(Q = N - 20\,\,\,\)

\(? = Q = N - 20\)

\(5N + 10D + 25Q = 670\,\,\,\,\,\mathop \Rightarrow \limits^{ \cdot \,\,2} \,\,\,10N + 5N + 50\left( {N - 20} \right) = 2 \cdot 670\)

\(65N = 2 \cdot 670 + 1000\, = 20\left( {67 + 50} \right)\,\,\,\,\mathop \Rightarrow \limits^{:\,\,5\,\,} \,\,\,\,13N = 4\left( {9 \cdot 13} \right)\,\,\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,N = 36\)

\(? = 16\,\,\)


This solution follows the notations and rationale taught in the GMATH method.

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Ken has a group of coins worth $6.70. He has four times as many nickel 07 Oct 2018, 19:36
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Ken has a group of coins worth $6.70. He has four times as many nickels as dimes, and twenty fewer quarters than nickels. How many quarters does he have?

A) 19
B) 18
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D) 15
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Let’s let Q = the number of quarters, D = the number of dimes, and N = the number of nickels that Ken has. We can create the money value equation as:

0.25Q + 0.1D + 0.05N = 6.7

25Q + 10D + 5N = 670

5Q + 2D + N = 134

We also know that Ken has has four times as many nickels as dimes, and twenty fewer quarters than nickels. We can create two additional equations, as follows:

N = 4D

N/4 = D

and

N - 20 = Q

Substituting into the money value equation, we have:

5(N - 20) + 2(N/4) + N = 134

5N - 100 + N/2 + N = 134

6N + N/2 = 234

Multiplying by 2, we have:

12N + N = 468

13N = 468

N = 36, so he has 16 quarters

Alternate Solution:

We know that

N = 4D

and

N - 20 = Q

We see that N is a multiple of 4 and since 20 is also a multiple of 4, Q must be a multiple of 4 also.
Looking at our answer choices, only choice C is a multiple of 4, so C must be the correct choice.

Answer: C
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