"Nickel" is the slang term for five-cent coins in the US and among English-speaking Canadians.
Interestingly, only 25% of the metal in US nickels is actually nickel metal; the rest is copper. Only Canadian nickels were ever made of nearly-pure nickel.
The name's origin dates back to the mid-19th century when the US introduced 3¢ and 5¢ coins made of cupronickel. The same denominations were already being minted in silver, and both compositions were used simultaneously for a number of years. People began to distinguish the coins with phrases like "three cents, silver," "five cents, nickel," and so on. The name "nickel" caught on for both of the new coins and people began to call them "three-cent nickels" and "five-cent nickels." By the late 19th century both types of 3¢ coins and silver 5¢ coins had been discontinued, leaving only cupronickel five-cent pieces. Because there was no longer a need to distinguish among them, the "five-cent" modifier gradually disappeared, leaving the name we know today.
Pat has 3.80 in nickels and dimes. She has 51 coins in all. Pat has 26 nickels of the 51 coins.
47 Quarters 83 Nickels
26 nickels
12 x 100/80 ie 15%
One bank box contains $100 worth of nickels, which is 2,000 coins.
She has 11 nickels.
A standard US roll of nickels contains 40 coins.
40
There are 250.
3 nickels and a penny
Helen has twice as many dimes as nickels and five more quarters than nickels the value of her coins is 4.75 how many dimes does she have?
40