Question

a jar of coins contains nickels and dimes. there are 5 times as many dimes as nickels and a total of 60 coins how many nickels are in the jar?

Answer 1

12 Nickels

There are 60 coins

 And 5 times as many dimes as nickels, 

Divide 60 ÷ 5 to get 12

I hope this is correct