Your question should really be "How many nickels are 3 dimes worth?". A nickel is 5 cents and 3 dimes are 30 cents, which is the same as 6 nickels (30 / 6)
As stated, a nickel can't "fit into" a dime because a dime is smaller than a nickel :)
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There are 11 ways. The formula is (20-2x) N + (x) D for x = 0 to 10 20 nickels, no dimes 18 nickels, 1 dime 16 nickes, 2 dimes 14 nickels, 3 dimes 12 nickels, 4 dimes 10 nickels, 5 dimes 8 nickels, 6 dimes 6 nickels, 7 dimes 4 nickels, 8 dimes 2 nickels, 9 dimes No nickels, 10 dimes
6 dimes, 5 dimes 2 nickels, 4 dimes 4 nickels, 3 dimes 6 nickels, 2 dimes 8 nickels, 1 dime, 10 nickels, and 12 nickels.
1)4 quarters 2)2 half dollars 3)10 dimes 4)20 nickels 5)half dollar 2 quarters 6)half dollar 5 dimes 7)half dollar 10 nickels 8)half dollar 4 dimes 2 nickels 9)half dollar 4 nickels 3 dimes 10)half dollar 2 nickels 4 dimes 11)half dollar 6 nickels 2 dimes 12)half dollar 8 nickels 1 dime 13)3 quarters 2 dimes 1 nickel 14)2 quarters 5 dimes 15)2 quarters 10 nickels 16)2 quarters 4 nickels 3 dimes 17)2 quarters 2 nickels 4 dimes 18)2 quarters 6 nickels 2 dimes 19)2 quarters 8 nickels 1 dime 20)1 quarter 6 dimes 3 nickels 21)1 quarter 7 dimes 1 nickel 22)1 quarter 5 dimes 5 nickels 23)1 quarter 4 dimes 2 nickels 24)1 quarter 3 dimes 4 nickels 25)1 quarter 2 dimes 6 nickels 26)1 quarter 1 dime 13 nickels 27)5 dimes 10 nickels 28)4 dimes 12 nickels 29)3 dimes 14 nickels 30)2 dimes 16 nickels 31)1 dime 18 nickels 32)6 dimes 8 nickels 33/7 dimes 6 nickels 34)8 dimes 4 nickels 35)9 dimes 2 nickels
5, though one of those ways are just nickles, and one of those ways are just dimes. If you want to know the ways, here they are: * 6 nickels and one dime * 4 nickels and two dimes * 2 nickels and 3 dimes * 8 nickels * 4 dimes
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