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What is the least number of coins needed to be able to make any amount of money from 1p to $1?

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What is the least number of coins needed to be able to make any amount of money from 1p to $1?
posted Sep 22, 2017 by anonymous

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9 coins.
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The current coins (assuming US$) are 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5 and 1 dollar
You will need
4 * 1 dollarcent
1 * 5 dollarcent
2 * 10 dollarcent
1 * 25 dollarcent
1 * 50 dollarcent
For a total of 9 coins.

answer Oct 24, 2017 by Jcm
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