How many quarters are there in $116.75

Question

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Answer 1

Alright. Let's work through this. What I would suggest is separating it into dollars and cents. Take two, or even three parts and then add them together at the end. Each dollar accounts for 4 quarters. Then there is 75 cents. Simple part first. 3x.25 is .75. There's 3 quarters. Then the hard part. 116 dollars. 4 quarters in each dollar. So we do 116x4= 464. We just add the 3 from 75 cents and we get 467 quarters. Now it can be broken down more into simpler parts if needed or use a much more complex equation, but the basis will remain the same. This is a conversion factor problem, and sometimes the simplest way to solve it is by working it in parts. Happy studying!

Answer 2

The most straightforward method is long division, but you can quickly calculate this one with less work. Remember how many quarters are in a dollar? Four, of course. Now: how many whole dollars do you have? Since each of those 116 is four quarters, multiply them by 4.

That leaves 75 cents. How many quarters make that? Add your answer to the product you just found, and done!

Answer 3

How many quarters in a dollar? 4 right? How did you know that? You used division. 

100/25=4.

 

Use the same skill to answer your question.

116.75/25=?

Then multiply your answer by 100.

Answer 4

As a quarter is, well, a quarter of one dollar, an easy way to solve this is to multiply 116 by 4, and then add the three additional quarters that make up the 75¢.