Maddie has 180 coins. Of these coins 1/12 are dimes. About how many dimes does she have?

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KillerBunny
May 8, 2018

#15#

Explanation:

You can interpret the fraction #1/12# as "one part every twelve#. So, if you divide the whole number of coins into twelve parts, then one of these parts will be entirely composed by dimes.

So, you simply need to compute #180/12=15#

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