This includes using pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollar coins, and dollar coins. Drop in here occasionally and name some combinations.

To start, you can exchange a dollar bill for a dollar coin.

292 combos left to go…..

Let's see if it is true

5 pennies, 2 dimes, 3 quarters

291 combos left to go ...

2 half dollars

290 combos left to go

Let's see if it is true

5 pennies, 2 dimes, 3 quarters

291 combos left to go ...

It’s true. I read it on a fact a day calendar and if you think about it it’s just basic math. I then double checked a few sites online just to make sure the calendar didn’t have a typo.


100 pennies for a dollar bill

4 quarters 289 left to go!

4 quarters 289 left to go!

Your combos count should have been 288 left to go, but opus didn't post the combo left to go (289)

10 dimes

287 combos left to go

If someone wants to go above and beyond, here’s a list of all 293 combos you can print out (my printer’s kinda busted right now :( ) and then check off as someone mentions them. As the thread grows longer and more unwieldy you can tell someone if that combo has been used already and keep track of what’s mentioned and unmentioned.

https://teachnet.com/lessonplans/math/293-ways-change-for-a-dollar/

Or in a page or two y’all can get bored with this and forget about it :shrug:


For now, 3 dimes, 10 nickels, and 20 pennies for a dollar bill

286 to go

5 dimes and 2 quarters

285 to go

9 dimes and 10 pennies.

284 to go.

95 pennies and 1 nickel.

283 to go.

20 pennies, 3 nickels, 4 dimes, 1 quarter.

282 to go.

10 nickles , 2 dimes and 30 pennies

281 to go

20 nickels equals one dollar

280 combos to go

19 nickles and 5 pennies

279 to go !

18 nickels and one dime


278 to go ...

1 Half Dollar, 1 Quarter, 3 Nickels and 10 pennies

277 to go

6 nickels and 2 dimes

276 to go

6 nickels and 2 dimes

276 to go

That equals 50 cents. You sound like my bank.

6 nickels and 2 dimes

276 to go

That equals 50 cents. You sound like my bank.


Who STOLED my 1 before the 6 which was suppose to be 16

16 nickels and two dimes :crazy: :lol:

Who STOLED my 1 before the 6 which was suppose to be 16

16 nickels and two dimes :crazy: :lol:

Those sitcomsonline gremlins hard at work again.


4 quarters for a dollar

275 to go

Those sitcomsonline gremlins hard at work again.


4 quarters for a dollar

275 to go


Wow we are already messing up ---two in a row!! (and it started with me)

Already used on post 5
4 quarters 289 left to go!


10 nickels and 2 quarters
275 to go

Wow we are already messing up ---two in a row!! (and it started with me)

Already used on post 5


Only natural that something would be reused eventually. Of course I was hoping to make it to page three before I screwed up…….


This one should be unused

1 quarter, 2 nickels, 3 dimes, 35 pennies

274 to go

1 half dollar, 1 quarter, 2 dimes, 5 pennies

273 to go

40 pennies, 8 nickels and 2 dimes

272 to go.

Half dollar, quarter 2 dimes and a nickel

271 to go.

Not the lamest thing I’ve started around here, but man, this one’s up there.

1 quarter, 2 nickels, and 65 pennies

270 to go