Japanese Money

Dear Patti and friends,

Hello!! I am Tomohide Shimodaira. I am a boy of10 years old. I am very sorry I delayed very much. First, I would like to make 25yens by japanese coins. But, this quiz is somewhat difficult for me. So, I was helped by my father (Hideo) and my mother (Yukari).

Our unit of measure with regard to money is the "yen ". Now, the yen is almost same worth as cent.

In Japan, we have these yen bills and these coins:

10,000	bill	about $100
5,000	bill
1,000	bill	about $10
500	coin
100	coin	about $1.00
50	coin
10	coin
5	coin
1	coin	about one cent

There isn't 25 yens coin, in Japan.

I was very surprised, there are many ways to make 25yens.

1 x 25 = 25 yen
1 x 20 + \5 x 1 = 25 yens
1 x 15 + \5 x 2 = 25 yens
1 x 15 + \10 x 1 = 25 yens
1 x 10 + \5 x 3 = 25 yens
1 x 10 + \5 x 1 + \10 x 1 = 25 yens
1 x 5 + \5 x 4 = 25 yen
1 x 5 + \5 x 2 + \10 x 1 = 25 yens
1 x 5 + \10 x 2 = 25 yens
5 x 5 = 25 yens
5 x 3 + \10 x 1 = 25 yens
5 x 1 + \10 x 2 = 25 yens

Twelve ways, to make 25 yens!! So, I think there are 13 ways to make 25 cents in U.S. Is that right?

Then I would like to tell about favorite things. I like play soccer. Recently, soccer is the most popular soprt for kids in Japan. Because, professional league (called 'J league') was opend two years ago. You know, last year, all U.S. team played very well, in the world soccer cup. We are enjoied very much. B!!And I like swimming. I swim every friday at the swimming school. Now, I am practicing one-persone 100m medley. First, swimming the butterfly, and next is swimming the back-stroke, and swimming the breast stroke, an the last is swimming the crawl (25m each).

What is your favorite sports.

all the best,
Hideo and Tomohade