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Sheet # 96/Coin # 2

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Coin Denomination
Penny
Nickel
Dime
Quarter
Half Dollar
Silver Dollar
Weight
2.500 grams
5.000 grams
2.268 grams
5.670 grams
11.340 grams
8.100 grams
Diameter in inches
0.750 in.
0.835 in.
0.705 in.
0.955 in.
1.205 in.
1.04 in.
Diameter in millimeters
19.05 mm
21.21 mm
17.91 mm
24.26 mm
30.61 mm
26.50 mm
Thickness
1.55 mm
1.95 mm
1.35 mm
1.75 mm
2.15 mm
2.00 mm
Source: U.S. Mint Department

 

1. Change diameter from mm to centimeters for all coins.

 

 

2. Convert the thickness from mm to centimeters for all coins.

 

 

3. About how many pennies must you stack to make a column 1 cm high? round to the nearest whole number?

 

 

4. About how many nickel must you stack to make a column 2 cms high?

 

 

5. About how many dimes must you stack to make a column 3 cms high?

 

 

6. About how many quarters must you stack to make a column 4 cms high?

 

 

7. Jack stacks 4 half dollars and 5 quarters in a column. What is the height of the stack in centimeters?

 

 

8. Kelly stacks 4 pennies, 3 dimes, 2 nickels and 1 quarter in a column. What is the height of the stack in centimeters?