A bank was robbed and a lone robber carried the loot away in a bag. The money stolen may have consisted of $50 and $100 bills, or only $100 bills, or a combination of bills ($5,$10,$20,$50,$100).

How would I be able to figure out whether a person could carry any amount of money using any combination of dollar bills. Is there a general method or formula to prepare for future bank robberies?

Thank you.

There is really no Formula, You didn't mention the Intelligence of the Robber, A Smart Robber? Would Take all 100.00's, A not so smart Robber may take a BIG bag of money which may be worth much less.

Or are you asking if something like, their was $1575.00 Stolen and was 15 bills, and what would the value of the bills be?

Thank you for the reply - I did rephrase the question but here is the original.

First part of the question
A bank in Central Auckland was robbed this morning. A lone robber carried the loot away in a big leather bag. The manager of the bank said that the money stolen consisted of small bills: $5, $10, and $20. Throughout the day, some news stations have reported that the robber stole approximately
$1,000,000 in small bills, but Becky, a senior investigative reporter at Channel 10 News, thinks this is more money than one person could carry.

Becky wants to know how hard it would be for one person to carry $1,000,000 in small bills. Investigate this question to determine if it is possible.

Second part of the question

Becky knows that she will have to investigate and report on other bank robberies in the future. In other robberies, the money stolen might not consist only of small bills. For example, it might consist $50 and $100 bills, or only $100 bills, or some combination of $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 bills. Becky would like to be able to prepare quickly for her news reports without having to ask you for help each time a bank is robbed.

Describe a general method you have developed for her to use in preparing for future bank robbery reports (using appropriate algebraic expressions) for figuring out whether a person could carry any amount of money, using any combination of bills.

Did you find an answer for this question? I'm trying to figure it out too...

I googled weight of bills, and answers show how many bills per pound. I would figure the weight of $1,000,000 in 5's, and $1,000,000 in $100's, the 5's should weight 20 times more?
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You might also Google the difference in weight of a bill with the metal strip?