Question

Ose has 50 coins in a jar. 20% are nickels, 40% are quarters, and the rest are pennies. (6.RP.3c-Benchmark #3)

Part A: What percentage are pennies?

Answer here:


Part B: How many of each coin are there?

Nickels : Answer here:


Quarters: Answer here:


Pennies: Answer here:


SHOW YOUR WORK HERE

Answer 1

Part A: pennies are 40% of the jar

Part B :

Nickels: 10

Quarters: 20

Pennies: 20

Explanation:

Part A: since the nickels and quarters make up 60% of the jar the pennies make up the other 40%.

Part B:

Nickels: 20 percent of 50 (the amount of coins in the jar) is 10

Quarters & Pennies (since they have the same percentage): 40 percent of 50 is 20

Answer 2

Part A: 40% are pennies

Part B: NIckels 10, Quarters 20, Pennis 20