Given:
A student has 6 nickel 14 dimes and 8 quarter.
To find:
The ratio of the total number of coins to the number of nickels.
Solution:
We have,
Number of nickels = 6
Number of dimes = 14
Number of quarter = 8
Total number of coins = 6+14+8
= 28
Now, the ratio of the total number of coins to the number of nickels is




Therefore, the ratio of the total number of coins to the number of nickels is 14:3.