Answer to October 11, 1999 Problem

Twenty Dollar Puzzle

Using only pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars, $1 bills, $5 bills, and $10 bills, what is the most money that you can have without being able to change a $20 bill?


Solution:

The answer is $20.19

$10 - 1
$5 - 1
$1 - 4
.50 - 1
.25 - 1
.10 - 4
.05 - 0
.01 - 4

Correctly solved by:

1. Court Pifer Winchester, VA
2. Jon Pence Winchester, VA
3. Tom Marino Winchester, VA
4. Ruaraidh Campbell Winchester, VA
5. Chip Crawford Winchester, VA