There are three quarters in 12...
There are three quarters in three quarters.
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12 quarters will make $3
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There are 4 quarters in one dollar. Three of them then have 3X4 =12 quarters. There are three more in seventy five cents (0.75). All together there are 12+3 =15 quarters.
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Three quarter of 12 is 9
9/12 = 3/4 or three quarters.
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Twelve quarters equals three 'wholes', or three units, or three dollars if you are talking about US currency.
12 of them because 12/4 = 3