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Cindy bought 20 stamps. This is 5 times the number of postcards that Yoshi bought. How many postcards did Yoshi buy

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Answer:

4 postcards

Explanation:

You need to divide the number of stamps by 5 to get the number of postcards because division is the opposite of multiplication.

20 / 5 = 4

Remember that if you see "x is y times the number of answer" or anything along those lines it means division.

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Answer:

Yoshi bought 4 postcards.

Explanation:

20 รท 5 = 4

User Valera Kolupaev
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