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What coin is called two bits?
Quarter.
What does two bits in mean in the 1920s?
its means a quarter
What is the name of the 25 cent coin?
a quarter? or two bits?
When were two bits invented?
The reason the US quarter dollar (25 cents) is called "two bits" originates from the circa. 1598 practice of dividing a Spanish dollar (the Real de a Ocho) into eight wedge-shaped segments. The coin was worth eight Spanish reales, thus each wedge was worth 1 reale or "a piece of eight". Two such pieces (or "two bits") became a common nickname for a quarter dollar.
How many eights make a three quarters?
two eights make one quarter so it takes threes times as many to make three quarters. So, 6 eights make three quarters. ( A eighth of a dollar is called a bit so 2 bits is a quarter and 6 bits is 75 cents. There is an old song that ends with "Shave and a haircut - six bits.)
How many bits are in a quarter of a dollar?
two bits are in a quarter of a dollar
What is two bits called?
Quarter.
How much money is two bits?
A 'bit' is 1/8 of a dollar or about 12 cents. Two 'bits' is about a quarter.
What coin is called two bits?
Quarter.
How much money is to bits?
I think you mean "two bits" like the litte song, "Shave and a haircut, two bits." Two bits is a quarter, twenty five cents.
In 'Of Mice and Men' two bits will get you what?
In 'Of Mice and Men,' the phrase "two bits" refers to 25 cents, or a quarter. It is used as a way to indicate the value of something in the story.
What does two bits in mean in the 1920s?
its means a quarter
What does the word two-bits mean in the 1920s?
its means a quarter
What is the name of the 25 cent coin?
a quarter? or two bits?
How much is one bit?
12.5 cents or two bits is a quarter.
What does the phrasetwo bits mean?
A bit is an eighth of a dollar, but in this sense it is never used in the singular. Two bits is a quarter.
What is another name for the coin you call a quarter?
It used to be called "two bits".
