How to Make Change

When you do not know the amount of change to give, you must 'make change', or 'count backwards' from the purchase price to the amount tendered. Start with the smallest denominations and work toward the largest denominations.

For example, if the purchase price was $12.78 and the customer gave $20:

Give:	Say:
	Twelve dollars and seventy eight cents.
Penny	Seventy nine
Penny	Eighty
Dime	Ninety
Dime	Thirteen dollars
One dollar bill	Fourteen
One dollar bill	Fifteen
Five dollar bill	Twenty dollars.

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