What part of a quarter is 2 pennies, 2 nickels, and 1 dime?

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barira1: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 67; Joined: Sun May 31, 2009 9:46 pm; Location: Karachi; Thanked: 1 times

by barira1 » Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:14 pm

Can anyone solved this ?
i will post the answer later

regards,
Bia

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barira1: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 67; Joined: Sun May 31, 2009 9:46 pm; Location: Karachi; Thanked: 1 times

by barira1 » Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:19 pm

barira1 wrote:Can anyone solved this ?
i will post the answer later

regards,
Bia

What part of a quarter is 2 pennies, 2 nickels, and 1 dime?
(A) 1/88
(B) 1/5
(C) 3/25
(D) 17/25
(E) 22/25

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by ace_gre » Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:31 pm

2 pennies = 2*1=2 Cents
1 dime = 1*10=10 Cents
2 nickels = 2*5=10 Cents
Total = 2+10+10=22

1 quarter = 1*25=25 Cents

Answer=22/25
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by Ian Stewart » Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:45 am

On the GMAT, it is not assumed you know what a nickel or dime is - the only conversions you need to know for the test are those of units of time. So this is not the type of question you'll encounter on test day.

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ssuarezo: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 126; Joined: Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:12 pm; Location: Montreal; Thanked: 2 times; GMAT Score:510

by ssuarezo » Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:53 am

Ian Stewart wrote:On the GMAT, it is not assumed you know what a nickel or dime is - the only conversions you need to know for the test are those of units of time. So this is not the type of question you'll encounter on test day.

Thank you for clarifying Ian .. my native language is not English, so I didn't know what a nickle was.
Silvia

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