Question

Tim has 80 coins in his piggy bank of these coins, 28 are nickels and the rest are quarters. What percent of the coins in the bank are quarters?

Answer 1

Given-

Total coins in piggy bank=80

No.of coins of nickels =28

No.of coins of quarters =?

:Let no.of coins of qaurters be X

Therefore.,

28+X=80

X=80-28

X=52

Hence the number of coins of quarters are 52

:)Now we have to find the percent of quarters in the piggy bank.

So, for this we have to follow the steps given below:-

Percentage =Total no.of coins of quarters/Total no.of coins in the bank ×100

=52/80×100

=65%

Answer 2

65% ...................