Homework Help: math

Posted by zacky on Monday, March 2, 2009 at 8:24pm.

coleen hid a coin equivalent to a fraction of a dollar behind her back. She said the fraction is smaller than 1/2 and greater than 1/20. What is two possible coin could she have hidden. How do you know? Then she sid it was five time greater than 1/20. Shat coin did she have.

math - Ms. Sue, Monday, March 2, 2009 at 8:27pm
1/20 of a dollar is a nickel.

What coin is worth 5 times a nickel?
math - beth, Monday, March 2, 2009 at 8:59pm
a quarter!:)

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