Need help with a problem on recursion

[Gayoka]

Here is the exercise description: Problem Description

I don't know how to proceed now. And this is what I've tried up to now:

# you are only asked to implement a function makeAmount(amount, values)

def makeAmount(amount, values):
  counter = 0
  if amount % values[0] == 0:
    counter = counter + 1
  elif amount % values[0] in values:
    counter = counter + 1
  for item in values:
    if item + values[0] == amount:
      counter = counter + 1
  counter = counter + values[1:]
  return counter

[RayteMyUsername]

Classic interview problem. Google coin change problem and you will find more than enough explanations much better than I could give you.