Question

A person has 17 coins, all nickels and dimes, worth $1.25. How many nickels are there?

a)10

b)8

c)9 ...?

Answer 1

The answer is c) 9.

The value of 9 nickels is $0.45. If there are 9 nickels, there are 8 dimes left over. The value of 8 dimes is $0.80.

Simply add the numbers together to get the total worth: $0.45 + $0.80 = 1.25.

Therefore, the answer is C. I hope this helped!