Answer:
5 nickels
Skills needed: Coins and Money
Step-by-step explanation:
1) We need to understand the different coins in the problem.
There is a nickel in the problem.
The problem states that:
- A nickel is [tex]\$0.05[/tex] which is [tex]5 \text{ } cents[/tex]
From above: A nickel is 5 cents.
2) After understanding the coin values, we need to understand what the problem is asking. It asks how many nickels Sam has if he has $0.25 (25 cents) in nickels.
---> In other words: How many nickels make up 25 CENTS?
- We can use division for that:
[tex]25 \text{ } cents \div 5 \text{ } cents = nickels[/tex]
(The amount of money divided by the money value of a nickel will equal the number of nickels).
---> 25 divided by 5 is 5.
5 would be your answer.
