Problema Solution
if you have 4 quarters 3 dimes two nickles and 2 pennies what fration of the whole coin collection is in dimes
Answer provided by our tutors
the total number of coins in the collection is 4 + 3 + 2 + 2 = 11
3 coins are dimes
the fraction is = the number of dimes / the total number of coins in the collection
3/(4 + 3 + 2 + 2) = 4/11 of the coin collection is in dimes.