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Daniel from Ysgol Dyffryn Dulas Corris found an other possible combination:
Thirty Nine, Seventy Five
Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level 
Thank you for working out the money in our birthday present pot! We have had lots of suggestions from St Aldhelms School:
Matthew:
| 20 * £1.00 | = | £20.00 |
| 20 * 50p | = | £10.00 |
| 44 * 20p | = | £8.80 |
| 3 * 10p | = | 30p |
| 13 * 5p | = | 65p |
| Total | £39.75 |
Justin:
| 7 * £1.00 | = | £7.00 |
| 48 * 50p | = | £24.00 |
| 43 * 20p | = | £8.60 |
| 1 * 10p | = | £0.10 |
| 1 * 5p | = | £0.05 |
| Total | £39.75 |
Emma:
| 10 * £1.00 | = | £10.00 |
| 50 * 50p | = | £25.00 |
| 10 * 20p | = | £2.00 |
| 25 * 10p | = | £2.50 |
| 5 * 5p | = | 25p |
| Total | £39.75 |
Daniel from Ysgol Dyffryn Dulas Corris found an other possible combination:
Daniel:
| 1 * £1.00 | = | £1.00 |
| 72 * 50p | = | £36.00 |
| 8 * 20p | = | £1.60 |
| 4 * 10p | = | 40p |
| 15 * 5p | = | 75p |
| Total | £39.75 |
When you pay for things in shops you can give the money in lots of different ways, but in this case you had exactly 100 coins. Perhaps it is a little unexpected that there are all these different solutions. Are there any more?
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