Question

paula has 24 coins in her drawer. 7 of the coins are nickles and the res are pennies. what is the total value in cents of the coins in her drawer

Answer 1

First of all, we know that a nickel is worth 5 cents, and a penny is worth 1 cent. Let's figure out how many cents in nickels Paula has first.

We know she has 7 nickels, and each of them are worth 5 cents.

7 x 5 = 35.

Now that we know the value of Paula's nickels, let's figure out how many pennies she has left. Let's subtract the 7 nickels from the total 24 coins Paula has.

24 - 7 = 17.

Now that we know she has 17 pennies left, we know that each penny is worth a cent, so she has 17 cents worth of pennies. Let's add the 17 cents of pennies to the 35 cents of nickels.

17 + 35 = 52.

There you have it, Paula has a total of 52 cents in her drawer.

Hope this helped you out. :)

Answer 2

The answer to your question is 52 cents because there is 17 pennies which is 17 cents and there is 7 nickels which is 35 cents and if you add those up you get 52 cents.