Sunday, February 13, 2011

Problem-Solving Strategies: Counting Coins

Application Word Problem


1, chapter-sprint-18-2007(20)
A customer ordered 15 pieces of gourmet chocolate.  The order can be packaged in a small box that contains 1,2, or 4 pieces of chocolate.  Any box that is used must be full.  How many different combinations of boxes can be used for customer’s 15 chocolate pieces? One such combination to be included is to use seven 2-piece boxes and 1-piece box.

2, schoolr-sprint-24-2008(13)
In how many ways can U.S. coins be combined to total 26cents?

How to solve this kind of problems?

Start with the largest value, 
More study:
Problem-Solving Strategies: Counting Coins

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