Math Help

pebblestar-nightclan • 8 January 2012 at 1:43 AM

I just have a question that doesn't seem to make sense to me DX'

Okay: What is the greatest amount of money you could give as a tip if you couldn't make change for a quarter or a dollar?

I DUNNO! D:

goku • 8 January 2012 at 1:50 AM

That is confusing 😱

pebblestar-nightclan • 8 January 2012 at 1:55 AM

@goku

Yeah DX

Deleted • 8 January 2012 at 1:58 AM

.... o.o AHhhh! My head hurts now Dx

Stupid math -_-

pebblestar-nightclan • 8 January 2012 at 1:03 PM

@_batman

Yeah! O.O

whitefall • 8 January 2012 at 1:04 PM

I'll help, waitt

unebra • 8 January 2012 at 1:05 PM

confused !!!!!!!!!

whitefall • 8 January 2012 at 1:06 PM

@pebblestar-nightclan
Does it say how much percentage the tip is added on/including the final charge?

pebblestar-nightclan • 8 January 2012 at 1:07 PM

@whitefall

No, it doesn't >.< Stupid Math 😋

@unebra

I know! D:

oranberry100 • 8 January 2012 at 1:08 PM

@pebblestar-nightclan what grade is this for?

unebra • 8 January 2012 at 1:09 PM

@pebblestar-nightclan if i was doing the math i would just forget it and fail 😸

pebblestar-nightclan • 8 January 2012 at 1:10 PM

@oranberry100

Fifth.

@unebra

Ha ha XD Only it isn't that easy here...

oranberry100 • 8 January 2012 at 1:11 PM

o.o FIfTH???? That's tricky

whitefall • 8 January 2012 at 1:13 PM

Basically, they're saying you don't have a quarter. Okay.
There us no greatest amount then

cqpkytty • 8 January 2012 at 1:14 PM

@pebblestar-nightclan
There is no greatest amount.

Deleted • 8 January 2012 at 1:14 PM

24 cents??

hayz • 8 January 2012 at 1:14 PM

If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

^? o3o

lily- • 8 January 2012 at 1:16 PM

@pebblestar-nightclan
I like maths and would like to help, but I don't know American money properly, so Good luck😊

pebblestar-nightclan • 8 January 2012 at 1:16 PM

@oranberry100

Yeah, it is... It's due in two days, and I can't figure it out TOT

@whitefall

I tried it before, but it wasn't right... It actually is somewhere around $1.00... I tried 24c last time, but that wasn't it XD

@cqpkytty

Only, there has to be something... Because if I know my teacher right, then this is supposed to be tricky like it is... *sigh*

@lily-

Thanks ^^

meixiaotian • 8 January 2012 at 1:16 PM

99 cents?

cqpkytty • 8 January 2012 at 1:17 PM

@hayz
BUT you could also have a 100-dollar bill. That can't make change for one dollar!

pebblestar-nightclan • 8 January 2012 at 1:17 PM

@meixiaotian

It might be... Only I do think that it's in the 1.00 area... I'm just confused :S

@hayz

Yeah, that might be it... I'll try it, probably 😸

pegasasu • 8 January 2012 at 1:17 PM

Is this all the information you were given?

"What is the greatest amount of money you could give as a tip if you couldn't make change for a quarter or a dollar?"

@pebblestar-nightclan

pebblestar-nightclan • 8 January 2012 at 1:18 PM

@pegasasu

Yes, that is all the info I have...

whitefall • 8 January 2012 at 1:19 PM

We are all over thinking it xD

Deleted • 8 January 2012 at 1:20 PM

Hayz is correct actually .A. It's asking you what coins make up a dollar but if someone asks you for change for exactly one dollar, it doesn't add up.
3 quarters, 4 dimes and 4 pennies is correct.
It is added up to 1.19 but there is no combination for 1.00.
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I think me and hayz did it during class .-.

cqpkytty • 8 January 2012 at 1:21 PM

@pebblestar-nightclan
I mean, it goes on to infinity. A hundred-dollar bill can't make change for a quarter or a dollar. Neither could a million dollars in thousands. Etc.

Deleted • 8 January 2012 at 1:22 PM

How is this fifth grade? O.O

Wouldn't you need percentages in the first place?

pegasasu • 8 January 2012 at 1:23 PM

@belilas_25 @hayz

But you can make change for $1.19, you'd get one dollar bill one dime a nickel and four pennies, that is making change for a dollar isn't it? OwO

Deleted • 8 January 2012 at 1:28 PM

@pegasasu
I have no idea, this question might be asking about the combination or its about something else. :C i saw this question in a textbook but... The teacher never went over it. >~> she said it was too confusing.