Ten hundreds make one thousand
4.NBT.A.22.MD.C.8 · adapt
Sophie has 3 ten-dollar bills and 20 dimes. How much money does Sophie have in all?
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Understand
Sophie has 3 ten-dollar bills and 20 dimes. Find the total amount of money she has.
Givens
- She has 3 ten-dollar bills.
- She has 20 dimes (each dime is 10 cents).
- Ten dimes make one dollar.
Unknowns
- The total amount of money in all.
Constraints
- Money is counted in dollars and cents; 100 cents make a dollar.
Plan
#8 Analyze the Units · also uses: #7 Identify Subproblems
There are two kinds of money, so I find the value of each group separately by tracking its units (bills to dollars, dimes to dollars) and then add the two totals.
Execute
#7 Identify Subproblems 2.MD.C.8
Each ten-dollar bill is worth 10, which is $30.
Three tens make thirty, just like counting 10, 20, 30.
#8 Analyze the Units 2.MD.C.8
Each dime is 10 cents, and ten dimes make one dollar. So 20 dimes are 200 cents, which is $2.
Because ten dimes equal a dollar, 20 dimes equal 2 dollars, the same way ten hundreds make a thousand.
#7 Identify Subproblems 2.MD.C.8
Combine the bills and the dimes: 2 from the dimes is $32.
The total money is just the dollar amounts of each group added together.
Answer: $32
Review
The bills alone are 32 is sensible; 200 cents is exactly 32.
Convert everything to cents: 3 bills = 3000 cents, 20 dimes = 200 cents, total 3200 cents = $32.
Standards · min grade 2
2.MD.C.8Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies — Finding and adding the values of ten-dollar bills and dimes.
💡 Ten dimes bundle up into a dollar, so 20 dimes are just $2 to add to your bills!