Question

Peter has four 100-dollar bills and Emma has forty 10-dollar bills.
Which of the following statements is correct?

• A. They both have an equal amount of money.
• B. Peter has more money than Emma.
• C. Emma has more money than Peter.

Answer 1

The correct option is A They both have an equal amount of money.

Peter has four 100-dollar bills = 4 hundreds = $\$400$
Emma has forty 10-dollar bills = 40 tens = 40 times 10 = $\$400$
The value of four 100-dollar bills is equal to the value of forty 10-dollar bills.
So, they both have an equal amount of money.