Basic College Mathematics (9th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Measurement - 7.3 The Metric System - Capacity and Weight (Mass) - 7.3 Exercises - Page 504: 78

Answer

$200~nickels$

Work Step by Step

First we convert $1~kg$ to grams: $1~kg*\frac{1000~g}{1~kg}=1000~g$ Next we figure out how many $5~g$ nickels are in $1000~g$: $\frac{1000~g}{5~g}=200~nickels$
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