I have a 5 gallon bottle containing only pennies ,,how much money would you estimate that is?

Question

someone asked me to help them answer this question...I have thought and thought about it,,if any one could help I would greatly appreciate the help.
Thank you,,,

Answer 1

Weigh your bottle......it takes 181 pennies to make a pound. Multiply 181 by the number of pounds and then divide by 100(100 pennies equals one dollar) Example: Say your 5 gallon bottle weighs 150 pounds, you would multiply 181 x 150 which equals 27,150 then divide 27,150 by 100 and your answer will be aproxmately $271.50. We have a 5 gallon water bottle too full of just pennies.....good luck

Answer 2

Hmm, I do not know, but I will tell you how I would figure it out.

First of all, have all the pennies settled. This only operates under the assumption that they all have settled.

Now take a smaller thing that you know the volume of, like a 16 oz soda pop bottle. Fill that with as many pennies as possible until it reaches the top (where the level of the soda is).

Then you have a proportion

16 oz / 200 pennies = 640 oz / x pennies

(lets just say it holds 200 pennies)

5 gallons = 640 oz

There you go, that is the best way to solve this one, empirically.

Answer 3

For an exact time it really depends on many factors such at temp, pH, surface area (exposure to air), humidity, initial chlorine level, water movement, etc. Tap water has very low chlorine content in the first place and some areas have almost no chlorine in their water. Generally letting it sit overnight (in an open container) removes most of the chlorine, or at least removes enough to reach a safe level for fish. Some people boil their water for good measure before they let it sit overnight. Boiling helps speed up the process (not the best idea becuase often the pan can leak more metals into the water, so it can actually do more harm than good). Some people add air bubblers to the bucket to also speed up the process. Yes, most people use a water conditioner. Even then, letting the water age overnight is a good idea. You can usually contact your water service provider and get water quality information to determine how much chlorine is actually in your tap water. They also measure nitrates and other parameters that would be of interest. This is always a good idea so you know what you are starting with.

Answer 4

Given that a penny is .35 cubic centimeters and there are 3785.4118 cubic centimeters in a gallon, and 5 gallons equals 18927.059 cm3, you would divide that by .35 to get 54077 pennies. But you must also account for the empty space, so I'm guessing probably about 15% air, which after we multiply by .85, we get 45066 pennies. This is equal to about $450.66 assuming there is exactly 5 gallons to the top of the pennies.

Also my estimation of empty space could be wrong, but we'll go ahead and guess $445 to $455.

Just an educated guess, but let me know how close I am!

Answer 5

How about not thinking of this as a volume question but a weight question.

Weigh the jug full of pennies then weigh the empty jug. Now subtract the empty weight from the full weight to get the weight of the pennies themself. Then just divide the weight of the pennies by the weight of 1 penny (or a roll of 50) and get your total value.

Easy.

Answer 6

Let the volume of a penny be v gallons

So, the number of pennies in the bottle is 5/v

you can get v by measuring the radius and width of a penny from one face to the other and use the formula

v = pi*(radius)^2*width

Answer 7

i would think about $300-$400 though it is just a guess..don't under estimate the value of a large quantity of pennies

Answer 8

I had a 5 gallon water jug and it held 315.09 and it was filled to the top of the neck of bottle.

Answer 9

5 gallons is 22730.5cc and one penny occupies 0.35cc
so there will be 64944 pennies and that is approx $650

Answer 10

i think it's a 1000. dollars because we know someone who took in10 of thoese into the bank and he had a million and some change.