Esteban has 600 coins in total, and 240 of them are pennies. The problem asks us to find the percentage of the coins that are pennies.

1. Problem Description

Esteban has 600 coins in total, and 240 of them are pennies. The problem asks us to find the percentage of the coins that are pennies.

2. Solution Steps

To find the percentage of pennies, we need to divide the number of pennies by the total number of coins and then multiply by

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0. The formula for percentage is:

$Percentage = \frac{Part}{Whole} * 100$

In this case, the "Part" is the number of pennies (240), and the "Whole" is the total number of coins (600).

$Percentage = \frac{240}{600} * 100$

First, we simplify the fraction $\frac{240}{600}$ by dividing both the numerator and denominator by

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0. $\frac{240}{600} = \frac{240 \div 60}{600 \div 60} = \frac{4}{10}$

Now, we can simplify further by dividing both the numerator and denominator by

2. $\frac{4}{10} = \frac{4 \div 2}{10 \div 2} = \frac{2}{5}$

Now we have:

$Percentage = \frac{2}{5} * 100$

$Percentage = 2 * \frac{100}{5}$

$Percentage = 2 * 20$

$Percentage = 40$

3. Final Answer

40