Question

The members of an Olympiad team contributed

a total of $ 1.69 for refreshments for their
weekly practices. Each member contributed the
same amount and paid for his or her share in
five coins. How many nickels were contributed
by all of the members?

Answer 1

26 nickels

Explanation:

Given that

Total contributed = $1.69

Number of coins = 5

based on the above information,

The number of nickels to be contributed is

Here first we have to determine the prime factors of 169 i.e 13 and 13

This represents that there are 13 member gives their $0.13 per person so it would be $1.69

Also there are 13 cents out of which 3 cents would be 3 pennies the remaining 10 cents would be 2 nickels

So the 13 people contributed to 2 nickels

Therefore, it would be

= 13 × 2

= 26 nickels