Sally has $100 in pennies. She wants to stack her pennies into three large piles and five small piles. The large piles are all the same size, and the small piles are all the same size. Additionally, Sally wants all of the small piles put together to equal one of the large piles. How many pennies does Sally put in one of the small piles?
Choose the correct choice:
A) 2500 pennies B) 500 pennies C) 250 pennies D) 100 pennies E) 50 pennies
B. Each large pile gets 1/4 of the total pennies. Each small pile gets 1/5 of the remaining 1/4 of the total pennies. So each small pile gets 1/20 of the total pennies. $100 is 10,000 pennies. 1/20 of 10,000 is 500, so the correct answer is 500 pennies: 500 pennies.
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Sally has $100 in pennies. She wants to stack her pennies into three large piles and five small piles. The large piles are all the same size, and the small piles are all the same size. Additionally, Sally wants all of the small piles put together to equal one of the large piles. How many pennies does Sally put in one of the small piles?