Question: A loonie is a $1 coin and a dime is a $0.10 coin. One loonie has the same mass as 4 dimes. A bag of dimes has the same mass as a bag of loonies. The coins in the bag of loonies are worth 400$ in total. How much are the coins in the bag of dimes worth?
Answer: In order to solve this problem, you need to how $1 is equivalent to $.10. From there, you would read in the next sentence that one loonie has the same mass as 4 dimes. This means that the mass $1 coin is equal to the mass of $.40 or four dimes. After that, the question gives us information that the loonie bag is worth $400 or in other words, there are 400 loonies. Finally, we get to to the actual question of how much are the coins in the bag of dimes worth? Okay, if we look back at the past information i wrote down, we know the mass $1 coin is equal to the mass of $.40 or four dimes. Now we can simply multiply $400 by $.40 = $160 (since the mass of one loonie has the same mass as 4 dimes). The final answer is that the all the coins in the bag of dimes is worth $160.
Why did i like this question?
I like this question because it involves calculating money. More so, it was a question that would be more common to appear in everyday life.
What did I learn from this question?
I learned this question because you have to consider two factors in solving for the answer. The two factors are that both bags have to equal the same mass and secondly, you had to find how much the bag of dimes was worth. It's crucial to read the question and calculate properly because a small change can ultimately give a different answer.
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