You want to put 520 quarters in coin wrappers. You need one wrapper for every $10 in quarters. Write

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    You want to put 520 quarters in coin wrappers. You need one wrapper for every $10 in quarters. Write an equation you can use to find how many wrappers w you need

    First, calculate the number of quarters in $10:
    Quarters in $10 = Value of Quarters / Cost per quarter
    Quarters in $10 = 10/0.25
    Quarters in $10 = 40

    Now find out how many wrappers we need with each wrapper holding 40 quarters:
    Number of wrappers = Total quarters / Quarters per wrapper
    Number of wrappers =520/40
    Number of wrappers = 13
     

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