ELEMENTARY PROGRAMMING - Introduction to Java Programming: Comprehensive Version - page 64

21 remainingAmount = remainingAmount % 25 ;
22
23 // Find the number of dimes in the remaining amount
24 int numberOfDimes = remainingAmount / 10 ;
25 remainingAmount = remainingAmount % 10 ;
26
27 // Find the number of nickels in the remaining amount
28 int numberOfNickels = remainingAmount / 5 ;
29 remainingAmount = remainingAmount % 5 ;
30
31

dimes

nickels

// Find the number of pennies in the remaining amount

pennies

32 int numberOfPennies = remainingAmount;

33
34 // Display results
35 System.out.println( "Your amount " + amount + " consists of" );
36 System.out.println( " " + numberOfOneDollars + " dollars" );
37 System.out.println( " " + numberOfQuarters + " quarters " );
38 System.out.println( " " + numberOfDimes + " dimes" );
39 System.out.println( " " + numberOfNickels + " nickels" );
40 System.out.println( " " + numberOfPennies + " pennies" );
41 }
42 }

output

Enter an amount, for example, 11.56: 11.56
Your amount 11.56 consists of
11 dollars
2 quarters
0 dimes
1 nickels
1 pennies

line#

11 13 16 17 20 21 24 25 28 29 32

variables

amount 11.56

remainingAmount 1156 56 6 6 1

numberOfOneDollars 11

numberOfQuarters 2

numberOfDimes 0

numberOfNickels 1

numberOfPennies 1

The variable amount stores the amount entered from the console (line 11). This variable
is not changed, because the amount has to be used at the end of the program to display the
results. The program introduces the variable remainingAmount (line 13) to store the chang-
ing remaining amount.
The variable amount is a double decimal representing dollars and cents. It is converted to
an int variable remainingAmount , which represents all the cents. For instance, if amount