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Mrs. Kennedy is buying pencils for each of 315 students at hamilton elementary. The pencils are sold in boxes of tens. How can she use rounding to divide how many pencils to buy?

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315 / 10 = 31.5

4 and down stay the same,

5 and up round up

31.5 = 32

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