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There are 19 identical socks. How many pairs of socks are there? Will there be any socks without a match? If so, how many?
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There are 19 identical socks. How many pairs of socks are there? Will there be any socks without a match? If so, how many?

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There will be 9 pairs of socks with one sock with no match

19 (socks all together) ÷ 2 (how many are in a pair) = 9 (how many actual pairs) with a remainder of 1 (the odd sock out)
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