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Can you name the Minimum number of coins (from the coin values shown) to make the targets?
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lankyboyrob
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The Change Making problem is a prime example of a NP hard problem in mathematics/OR. Although quite trivial when applied to change, it has many more complex applications in the real world
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Min Number of Coins
Coin Denominations
9p
4p, 3p, 2p
22p
16p, 12p, 6p
26p
15p, 9p, 1p
49p
14p, 9p, 7p
31p
19p, 17p, 14p
48p
9p, 4p, 1p
42p
36p, 7p, 5p
100p
1p, 5p, 1pound
53p
25p, 9p, 2p
34p
16p, 6p, 4p
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Min Number of Coins
Coin Denominations
73p
25p, 19p, 3p
80p
40p, 38p, 37p
95p
35p, 29p, 10p
96p
44p, 20p, 12p
125p
57p, 16p, 11p
129p
53p, 26p, 12p
54p
24p, 15p, 1p
54p
45p, 18p, 1p
54p
44p, 23p, 6p
53p
2pound, 60p, 1p
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Change Making Problem Quiz
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lankyboyrob
Created Aug 16, 2010 in
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Kicking222
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Aug 16th, 2010 at 14:12 GMT
1 point
Cool little idea, but way too much time- it's pretty easy to guess every number from 1 to 10 in three minutes. I did it in less than a minute, but I'm a math guy, so I'm not a particularly good example; still, with any more than two minutes, and without adding a couple more problems, it'd be nearly impossible to not get every answer. Still, I do like the game.
D0m
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Aug 17th, 2010 at 00:05 GMT
1 point
As said above. Too easy to guess with lots of time given
WyvernSabres
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Aug 17th, 2010 at 12:47 GMT
1 point
Sadly, it's true: I scored far higher by completely ignoring the questions and typing in guesses than on my first attempt of working them out. It's a great idea, but perhaps the only way to make it work properly is to require the minimal solution to be entered (e.g. the second one could be 1,0,1 meaning 1 x 16p, 0 x 12p & 1 x 6p). Quite a big increase in the time would then be needed too, and you'd have to make sure you covered all the minimal solutions, as some questions have more than one.
this1989iou
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Aug 17th, 2010 at 15:23 GMT
1 point
well done rob
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