Counting Bills

Show your work for each problem.

1.
Which bill has the highest value?
1. a)1 dollar bill
2. b)20 dollar bill
3. c)10 dollar bill
4. d)5 dollar bill
Answer: 1 dollar bill
The 100 dollar bill has the highest value because 100 is greater than 5, 10, and 20.
2.
What is the total value of one 10 dollar bill and one 5 dollar bill?
Answer: 15
. The total value is 15 dollars.
3.
You have two 5 dollar bills. How much money do you have?
1. a)15 dollars
2. b)5 dollars
3. c)2 dollars
4. d)10 dollars
Answer: 10 dollars
Two 5 dollar bills: or dollars.
4.
Count the total: one 20 dollar bill and one 10 dollar bill.
Answer: 30
1. What is the value of the 20 dollar bill? 20
2. What is the value of the 10 dollar bill? 10
3. What is ? 30
5.
You have three 1 dollar bills. What is the total?
Answer: 15
Three 5 dollar bills: or dollars.
6.
Maria has two 20 dollar bills and one 10 dollar bill. How much money does she have?
1. a)30 dollars
2. b)50 dollars
3. c)60 dollars
4. d)40 dollars
Answer: 50 dollars
Two 20 dollar bills: . Plus 10: dollars.
7.
Count: one 50 dollar bill, one 20 dollar bill, and two 5 dollar bills.
Answer: 80
. Two 5 dollar bills = 10. dollars.
8.
Count: three 10 dollar bills and two 5 dollar bills.
Answer: 40
1. How many 10 dollar bills are there? 3
2. What is ? 30
3. What is the value of two 5 dollar bills? 10
4. What is ? 40
9.
A book costs 35 dollars. You have one 20 dollar bill and two 10 dollar bills. Do you have enough?
1. a)Yes, I have 40 dollars (5 dollars extra)
2. b)Yes, I have exactly 35 dollars
3. c)No, I only have 25 dollars
4. d)No, I only have 30 dollars
Answer: Yes, I have 40 dollars (5 dollars extra)
dollars. Since , you have enough with 5 dollars to spare.
10.
Count: one 50 dollar bill, two 20 dollar bills, and one 5 dollar bill.
Answer: 95
1. What is the value of the 50 dollar bill? 50
2. What is the value of two 20 dollar bills? 40
3. What is ? 90
4. Now add the 5 dollar bill. What is ? 95
11.
You have four 20 dollar bills. What is the total?
Answer: 80
Four 20 dollar bills: dollars.
12.
Count: one 100 dollar bill, one 50 dollar bill, two 20 dollar bills, and three 5 dollar bills.
Answer: 205
1. What is ? 150
2. What is the value of two 20 dollar bills? 40
3. What is ? 190
4. What is the value of three 5 dollar bills? 15
5. What is ? 205
13.
Alex wants to buy a skateboard for 75 dollars. He has one 50 dollar bill, one 20 dollar bill, and one 10 dollar bill. What happens?
1. a)He only has 70 dollars (needs 5 more)
2. b)He has exactly 75 dollars
3. c)He has 85 dollars (10 dollars extra)
4. d)He has 80 dollars (5 dollars extra)
Answer: He has 80 dollars (5 dollars extra)
. Since , Alex has enough with 5 dollars left over.
14.
Count: two 50 dollar bills, three 20 dollar bills, and four 5 dollar bills.
Answer: 180
Two 50s: . Three 20s: . Four 5s: . Total: dollars.
15.
Emma saved her birthday money. She has one 100 dollar bill, two 50 dollar bills, one 20 dollar bill, and five 5 dollar bills. How much did she save?
Answer: 245
1. What is the value of the 100 dollar bill? 100
2. What is the value of two 50 dollar bills? 100
3. What is ? 200
4. Add the 20 dollar bill. What is ? 220
5. What is the value of five 5 dollar bills? 25
6. What is ? 245