American money can be quite (36)_________. The bills — or paper money — are all the same color and (37)_________. One has to look carefully to be sure he is giving out a $ 1 bill and not a $ 10 bill, for example. Furthermore, new bills (38)_________ together easily. Be sure this does not happen to you.
Coins are also confusing. This is partly because some of them have two names, partly because the size does not (39)_________the value. The ten-cent coin is smaller than the five-cent coin, for example. In addition all coins are (40)_________except for the penny (one cent) which is brown color or copper colored.
1 cent, or penny, is the coin of smallest value, equal to 1/100 of a dollar. It is useful for some parking (41)_________and some sales taxes but a penny does not buy very much! Five pennies are equal to one (42)_________. A coin of 10 cents, the smallest in size of all the coins, is one of the most useful. It is used for pay-phones, buying newspapers, coin-operated machines, and some bus (43)_________. The 25 cent coin, or quarter, is larger than the nickel but is easily mistaken for it. This is the normal tipping coin, also commonly used for paying bridge and road tolls.
(44)___________________________, especially in cities which require exact change for their buses. Sales taxes also require a lot of small coins, although stores will give change. (45) ___________________________.
Bills come in the following denominations: $1, $5, $10 and $20. (46) ___________________________! Keep small value bills with you. Taxi drivers and some store clerks will not change anything larger than a $ 5 bill; most big department stores will, however.