The mass of a U.S. nickel is 5.0 grams.
US cents made since mid-1982 have a mass of 2.5 gm. Cents prior to that have a mass of 3.11 gm. There are exceptions for 1943 steel cents and early-date Indian head cents.
Because the nickel had more cents (sense)?
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5 grams
a scale. A US nickel weighs exactly 5 grams.
There are 5 cents in a nickel.
1/5 Nickel= 5 cents Quarter = 25 cents 5+5+5+5+5= 25
Probably 5 cents unless it wasn't in mass circulation.
There is 5 cents in 1 nickel.
There is 5 cents in one nickel.
A nickel is 5 cents and a dollar is 100 cents, so a nickel is 5/100 or 5% of a dollar.
A U.S Nickel is worth 5 cents ...
5 cents
One nickel = 5 cents 5 cents/100 cents ( a dollar ) = 0.05 ------------ 0.05 * 100 = 5% ------------ all of these things are what a nickel is out of a dollar
You have to convert each coin to its value in cents. A nickel is 5 cents and a dollar is 100 cents, so a nickel is 5/100 of a dollar, or 5 percent.
5 In U.S. currency a nickel is worth five cents.
5 cents (or 5 pennies)