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Kendra bought 4 boxes of doughnuts. There were 6 doughnuts in each box. She divided the doughnuts equally among 8 people. How many doughnuts did each person receive?

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Explanation:

To work out the total of doughnuts in the 4 boxes you have to multiply 6 by 4:


6 * 4 = 24

After that you need to work out how many each person will get by deviding 24 by 8:


24 / 8 = 3

That means each person received 3 doughnuts

Answer: 3

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