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Mrs. Jones decided to buy some pencils for her class. She bought 5 packages of pencils, and each package contained 48 pencils. There are 24 students in her class and she divided up the pencils so that each student had the same amount of pencils. If there were no pencils left over, how many pencils did each student get?
A.
29
B.
10
C.
2
D.
120

2 Answers

5 votes

Answer:

10

Explanation:

48*5=240

240/24

=10

User Johan Lindkvist
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Answer is 10 .
5*48 then divide that answer by 24
User Bansi
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