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A shipment of 288 reams of paper was delivered. Each of the 30 classrooms received an equal share of the paper.any extra reams of paper were stored.after the paper was distributed to the classrooms,how many reams of paper were stored?

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288/30=9.6
30*9=270 (You cannot give just half a ring to someone)
288-270=18

18 rings of paper were stored.
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