My daughter's school is raising funds for the school. They're doing so by the children donating spare change. The winning classroom will be the classroom with the HEAVIEST collection.
So: What's the best strategy for the class who wants to win? Bring rolls of pennies?
2007-04-18 10:12:57 · 7 answers · asked by Greywolf 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Pennies would give you the most "weight per dollar."
Just take 50 dollars and convert it to pennies
It would weigh 31.25 pounds.
You'll teach your daughter a valuable lesson in how contests (like elections) can be bought.
And don't bring in ROLLS!, that's obviously going to be considered cheating. No one rolls their spare change.
2007-04-18 10:19:19 · answer #1 · answered by Vegan 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Best strategy would be have all the donations in pennies. This will get you the most weight per dollar.
:)
2007-04-18 17:20:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, just convert all of the donations into pennies.(kind of defeats the purpose of the fundraiser, though.)
2007-04-18 17:18:10 · answer #3 · answered by wil 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
US Coinage
Penny Standard weight 2.5 grams
Nickel Standard weight 5.0 grams
Dime Standard weight 2.268 grams
Quarter Standard weight 5.670 grams
so it would be best to collect pennies, because none of the others would weigh enough per amount.
2007-04-18 17:18:38 · answer #4 · answered by leo 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If it's weight you want, nothing beats rolls of pennies. I've seen contests like this before -- rolls of pennies!
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2007-04-18 17:17:22 · answer #5 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Lots of rolls of pennies, the more the heavier....
2007-04-18 17:26:22 · answer #6 · answered by flower 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a great fundraising idea.
2007-04-22 00:56:06 · answer #7 · answered by Tom T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋