If Santiago wanted to turn his $279.89 into as many nickels as possible, how many would he

have?

5,597 nickels and 4 pennies

Step-by-step explanation:

First, we can take away 4 cents since we know 4 isn't divisible by 5.

Our new number would be 279.80

Then, we divide 279.80 by 0.05 since 0.05 is what a nickel equals>

279.85/0.05 = 5597

Therefore, he would have 5,597 nickels and 4 pennies.