How many Cents?

[Crozius]

How many cents are here? It is a lateral thinking puzzle...so think outside the square. Give me your working too.

 

Six cents

35c

Four Dollars

12 Cents

$0.68

[Pre4edgc]

two quarters, four dimes, one nickels, five pennies, and three dollar bills.

 

That's if I understand your question correctly. If not, then I seriously have no idea. I figured this by taking one of the four dollars, and splitting it into loose change. I made sure I can make all of the other amounts with it as well.

 

nickel + penny = 6 cents

three dimes + nickel = 35 cents

EVERYTHING = 4 dollars

two dimes + two pennies = 12 cents

two quarters + one dime + one nickel + three pennies = 68 cents

 

That is my workings of it. Once again, not sure if I understood it the way you meant it.

 

If not, then I guess I'll say 1, since only one word there (cents, c, dollars, Cents, and $) matches the original (cents)

[MangoChutney]

my 2c:

 

there are 2 "cents"

[YT2095]

18 Cents if we rely upon Text base only.

 

or Two if we ignore the Math and adhere strictly to texts.

 

or is it 4 if we count the Title and Question description?

[Mag]

well...

aside from what everyone else said,

 

Six cents

35c

Four Dollars

12 Cents

$0.68

 

if we add those up we get: 521 cents

[Crozius]

1, 18, 521, 4, 2 are all incorrect. 68cents i am unsure of, i got this from one of those late night game shows. Been really annoying me of what the answer is so why not use some of the brilliant minds here.

[YT2095]

ok lets try a long shot, Canada, America, the Euro, Australia all have cents so that`s 4 how many other countries use it?

 

maybe that`s the way to go?

[Genecks]

86 cents

 

Six cents

35c

Four Dollars

12 Cents

$0.68

 

cents can be seen as a variable.

six cents + 12 cents = 18 cents

 

since 0.68 is represented as cents, then 18+0.68 = $0.86

 

However, it could be simply 18 cents if you want to be strict about it.

The more strict answer is "six cents"

[Ravi Ramdial]

12 cents plus 6 cents is 18 cents...there i figured it out

[MrMongoose]

I have no idea how Americas currency works, but by the sounds of it a cent is the smallest (value) coin followed by 5 cents.

 

If you go to a shop they give you change in the smallest number of coins possible, and doing so with each of those amounts gives 6 cents.

 

i.e. 6 cents is a nickel and a cent, so thats 1 cent

12 cents is a dime and 2 cents

$0.68 is 2 quarters a dime a nickel and 3 cents

 

and the rest have no cents involved.

 

Thats just one interpretation. i.e. my guess, not my solution.

[tvp45]

It's either 2 or 53. If it's 2, Noam Chomsky will haunt you; if it's 53, Alexander Hamilton will.