Question

How many cents in $3$ quarters?

Answer 1

Hint: The conversion factor used in Quarters to cents is $25$ and they are currency units of measurement used in daily life practices. If you want to find the number of cents in a Quarters, you will multiply the value by $25$.

Complete step by step solution:
We know the conversion factor of yards to inches is:
$1$ Quarters $ = 25$cents
To find how many cents in $3$ Quarters we can multiply each side of the equation by $3$ giving:
$3 \times 1$ Quarters = $25 \times 3$ cents
 $3$ Quarters=$75$ cents
Therefore, there are 75 cents in $3$ Quarters.

Note: Another method:
Each Quarters equals $25$ cents. If there are three, then we have three sets of $25$ cents.
$25 + 25 + 25 = 75$
Thus,$3$ Quarters equals $75$ cents.
So you can use both methods for solving this type of question.
Additional information: The main non-SI unit for U.S. currency is the dollar.$1$ dollar is equal to $100$ cents, or $4$ quarter.