Question

A jar is filled with pennies and nickels in the ratio of 5 to 3. There are 30 nickles in the jar, how many coins are there?

Answer 1

50 pennies. 30 nickels. 80 coins in total.

Answer 2

80 coins

Explanation:

nickels = 3 of every 8 coins (5+3 =8)

30 nickels

30/3 = 10 x 8 = 80 coins

50 pennies to 30 nickels