How many nickels in 50 grams?

Answer 1

US nickels weigh 5.00 gm so there are exactly 100 nickels in a half-kilo.

Current Canadian nickels weigh 3.95 gm so there are 127 nickels in a half-kilo, rounded to the nearest whole number of coins.

Answer 2

You need to start with the following information:

• Coins are weighed in grams. A US nickel weighs 5.0 gm; a current Canadian nickel is 3.95 gm.

That means 500 gm of:

• American nickels is 500 / 5.0 = 100 coins; the value is US$5.00
• Canadian nickels is 500 / 3.95 = 127 coins (rounded to the nearest whole number); the value is CDN$6.35

Answer 3

US nickels weigh 5.00 gm so 100 of them weigh a half-kilo.

Current Canadian nickels weigh 3.95 grams so the same mass would need 127 of them, rounded to the nearest full number of coins.

Answer 4

You need to start with the following information:

• Coins are weighed in grams. US nickel weigh 5.0 gm; current Canadian nickel are 3.95 gm.

That means 50 gm of:

• American nickels is 50 / 5.0 = 10 coins; the value is US$0.50
• Canadian nickels is 50 / 3.95 = 13 coins (rounded to the nearest whole number); the value is CDN$0.65

Answer 5

US nickels weigh 5.00 gm each so there are 5000/5 = 1000 nickels in 5 kg.

Modern Canadian nickels weigh 3.95 gm each so 5 kg would be 5000/3.95 = 1266 nickels, rounded to the nearest whole number.

Answer 6

1 US nickel weighs 5 grams, so 100 nickels = 500 grams

1 Canadian nickel weighs 3.95 grams so 100 of them weigh 395 grams

Answer 7

Each nickel weighs 5g, so there are 250 g ÷ 5 g/nickel = 50 nickels.

Answer 8

500 million nickels, at 20 nickels per dollar, is $25 million, or $25,000,000.