The fundraising group collected the quarters from the school's wishing well. The group arranged the quarters into 8 piles and of

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The fundraising group collected the quarters from the school's wishing well. The group arranged the quarters into 8 piles and of

20 quarters. Let q be the number of quarters in the well. How much money in dollars did the group collect?
A.$160
B.$4,000
C. $40
D.$1,600

Mathematics

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Mariulka [41] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-29T11:12:33+03:00

Mariulka [41]2 years ago

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8•20=q. Multiply the number of piles by the number of quarters in each pile: 8•20=160, there were 160 quarters. Now to find how much they made multiply the number of quarters by how much 1 quarter is: 160•.25=40 they made $40 :)