Comments on: Brain Game: No-Change Change

By: WillieO

WillieO — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:21:00 +0000

Kramer, the instruction said “no $100 or higher”

By: kramer

kramer — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:49:00 +0000

wow… I thought $189…

If I had 4 – $1, 1-$5, 1-$10, 1-$20, 1-$50, and 1-$100…

I couldn’t give change for any of those, right? Am I missing something here?

By: Sandy Wood

Sandy Wood — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:39:00 +0000

Just to be safe, I checked it in the American Heritage Dictionary. “Change” in this sense is a verb defined as “To give or receive the equivalent of (money) in lower denominations or in foreign currency.”

Makes sense, I think. Giving one $5 bill for another isn’t getting change; it’s just swapping.

Of course, this all reminds me of:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/4258/saturday-night-live-first-citywide-change-bank-1

By: M

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:33:00 +0000

I got Erik’s answer as well – how is a $5 bill not considered exact change for a $5 bill? I guess I see how it wouldn’t be exchanging it for anything different, and yet that’s kinda the point.

By: Bri

Bri — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:39:00 +0000

Aaahhh you got me. I was thinking $89 because I thought we had to include all bills. After all, 2 20s + 1 10 = 50, so I have 4 $1s, 1 $5, 1 $10, 1 $20, 1 $50. Dern.

Erak: Nice try, but 5 $1 bills make change for a $5 bill though…

By: erak

erak — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:11:00 +0000

I think I was too clever by half for that one. I came up with $8 – 4 $2 bills. Exact change of a $10 bill can be another $10 bill after all.