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Mr. Chan bought some pencils for a group of students.If he gives them 2 pencils each, he will have 10 pencils left.If he gives them 3 pencils each, he will have none left. How many students are in the
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Mr. Chan bought some pencils for a group of students.If he gives them 2 pencils each, he will have 10 pencils left.If he gives them 3 pencils each, he will have none left. How many students are in the group?

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30 student, if I'm not wrong.
User Jonathan Prior
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He has 10 students.
If he give 2 each, that's 20 pencils, but he has 10 left.
If he give 3 each, that's 30. No pencils left over.
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