Question

Damon has 5 dimes and some nickles in his pocket, worth a total of $1.20. To find the amount of nickles he wrote an equation 5n+ 50 = 1.20 Find all the errors

Answer 1

5x0.10 = 0.50
1.20- 0.50 = 0,70
it is 0.50 not 50
than it is x (number of nicks) times 0.05 =0.70
so he has 14 nicles