SOLUTION: 6 children earned 42-five peso coins and 24- ten peso coins from selling newspaper. if they share the coins equally, what fraction of the total coins should each get?

Question 1007276: 6 children earned 42-five peso coins and 24- ten peso coins from selling newspaper. if they share the coins equally, what fraction of the total coins should each get?
Found 2 solutions by CubeyThePenguin, josgarithmetic:
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
total number of coins: 42 + 24 = 66
Each child gets 6/66 = 1/11 of the total.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39799) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Both of the coin counts are integer multiples of 6.
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