Question

Cayden and Jackie are counting their change. Jackie has five times as many nickels as Cayden has.

a. If Cayden has 15 nickels, how many does Jackie have?

b. If Cayden has nickels, how many does Jackie have?

c. If Jackie has nickels, how many does Cayden have?

Answer 1

Answer: 15

Explanation:

Let x represent the number of nickels that Cayden has

Cayden = x

Jackie = 5x

If Cayden has 15 nickels, then Jackie has 15(5) = 75 nickels.

Note: Parts b and c are unanswerable.