it's a trick question. A 100-inch tall stack of nickels is ... 100 inches tall.
how many nickels would it take to stack nickels 100 inches tall
There are 1302 of them.
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A stack of 1303 nickels.
It depends on the number of nickels.
7.8 mm tall.
7.8 mm tall.
According to the US Mint, nickels are 1.95 mm thick. A US inch is equivalent to 25.4 mm so 100 inches are 2540 mm.Dividing those two numbers, 2540/1.95 = 1302.56, so you'd need 1303 nickels to make a stack at least 100 inches tall.
1.22 inches tall.
Nickels are 1.95 mm thick, although that could vary depending on wear. 1.95mm is about 0.076-0.077 inches. So, it would be about 1298-1316 nickels.
Well, isn't that a happy little question! To make a stack 100 inches tall, you would need about 1,920 nickels. Each nickel is about 0.08 inches thick, so when you stack them up, they add up to a wonderful height of 100 inches. Just imagine all the beautiful things you could create with that stack of nickels!