Difficult Danny has acquired his nickname (and some other, less polite nicknames) due to the fact that, whenever he buys anything, he insists upon paying the exact amount, with precisely a 100 pieces of currency. Danny walks into McArnold’s and orders an iced coffee for $1.99. He pours 100 coins onto the counter, using some number (possibly zero) of each of the following: pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters. There are equal, non-zero quantities of dimes and quarters. What is the breakdown of coins that Difficult Danny used to pay for his iced coffee?
Hint
Penny = $0.01
Nickel = $0.05
Dime = $0.10
Quarter = $0.25
Answer
94 pennies, 0 nickels,
3 dimes and 3 quarters.