Question

A bag of pennies weighs 5.1 kilogram. Each penny weighs 2.5 grams. About how many pennies are in the bag?

A. 20
B. 200
C. 2,000
D. 20,000

Answer 1

C, 2000

Explanation:

First convert kilo grams into grams, there are 1000 grams in 1 kilogram, the prefix "kilo" means thousand. if you multiply 5.1 times 1000 you will get 5100 grams in the bag. Divide this by the weight of the penny, 2.5, to get 204. The question asks "About how many pennies are in the bag?" so we know to round to the closest answer being c.

Answer 2

Answer:2K

Step-by-step explanation:since one kilogram is 1,000 grams and there 5.1 kL it’s 5,100 grams so about 2,000 pennies