Question 40847
Each Quarter is 25 cents.  If we have 1 quarter, how many cents do we have?  25.  If we have 2 quarters, we have 50 cents.  Why?  Because each quarter has 25 cents, so 2 of them would be 2X25

25
X2
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50
.  So we need to know the value in cents of 5 quarters!  We know 1 quarter is 25X1 cents, and 2 quarters is 25X2 cents, so what is 5 quarters?!
It must mean 5 'quarters'.  each quarter being 25 'cents', it means 5 '25 cents'  so 5 25's, or 25 and 25 and 25 and 25 and 25.  OR 5X25.

There are two ways of solving the problem, 
{{{25+25+25+25+25}}} or {{{5X25}}}
both give us the answer of 125.  One hundred and twenty five cents.  That's a dollar twenty five!

THE ANSWER IS 125 CENTS.