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ms evans went to the store to buy some cupcakes. she brought 129 cupcakes. she wants to put 5 cupcakes in each box.how many boxes does she need?

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26 boxes but only 25 of them will have 5 cupcakes
User Kapil Gopinath
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129 divided by 5 is equal to 25 with a remainder of 4.

This means that she will need a total of 26 boxes, but only 25 of them will have 5 cupcakes in them. The last one will have 4 cupcakes.
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