Monday 4 February 2013

04/02/2013 - Got Any Change? (**)

This puzzle is rated 2 star (medium).

Description

British coin change comes in various amounts.  Less than the pound coin (which is equal to 100 pence) there is the 1 pence piece, the 2 pence piece, the 5 pence piece, the 10 pence piece, the twenty pence piece and the fifty pence piece.

Puzzle

What's the most amount of money you can have, with all of your coins being less than a 1 pound coin, so that you DON’T have change of £1, i.e. you can't have 2 fifty pence pieces because they equal 1 pound.

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