Math question

[Father Demon]

Some guy mentioned to me yesterday that prior to the SBA Dollar minting, the dime was the most economical way to carry coins.  Meaning, a dime holds more value for it's space than any other coin.

So, how do you figure this out?  Whether I'm right or wrong, it just seems that a roll of quarters ($10) would take up less space than a two rolls of dimes ($5 per roll).

Is anyone here smart enough to figure out how much volume each coin occupies?

[PhillyGirl]

Is anyone here smart enough to figure out how much volume each coin occupies?

Not me...my head hurts just from reading your post. 

[Sgt PSN]

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Dimes are super-thin and very light.  I don't care enough to find out the dimensions/weight of a dime/quarter (or a roll of them for that matter), but if someone says the dime is the most valuable coin (gram for gram), then sure.

[MURP]

i would say....

a stack of coins makes a cylinder (atleast close enough).   measure the volume of the cylinder stack. 
Cylinder Volume =  pie x  radius squared  x  height.   

[Yeti]

I have a gram scale.

Penny 2.5
Nickle 5.0
Dime 2.268
Quarter 5.670

Since 2 and a half dimes equal a quarter but weigh .02 grams less, dimes would be less weight.

[rjs246]

[PhillyPhanInDC]

The best way to do it would be to get a graduated cylinder and fill it with say, 50CCs of water. Drop a roll of dimes in, subtract the difference, and multiply by 2.

Then do the same with the roll of quarters, the one with the smaller number wins.

Example: The graduated cylinder reads 70CCs with the roll of dimes in it. That means the dimes displace 20cc, times 2 gives you 40cc.
With the quarters in, the cylinder reads 85CCs. So the quarters displace 35CCs. In this example ten dollars worth of quarters take up less space than ten dollars of dimes.


That's volume only though, you can do the same with weight.

[General_Failure]

What. The. Farg.

[T_Section224]

MMH should be able to answer this, he was the one i always cheated off of in math classes.

[mussa]

why don't u cram the quarters up your ass and see what kinda space you got left

[rjs246]

why don't u cram the quarters up your ass and see what kinda space you got left

Ah yes, the fecal displacement method.

[mussa]

for some reason i always hear the voice of stewie from family guy when readin your posts rjs 

[Mad-Lad]

if you reach your hand down your pocket you won't find a roll of quarters, you'll feel a roll of dimes.  Call it space efficency all you want.  We all know it's just genetics.

[mussa]

thats weird? i usually find a huge cucumber in my pocket.