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Mr.Rodriguez bought 420 pencils for the school. If there are 10 pencils in a box ,how many boxes of pencils did he buy?

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He brought 42 packs of pencils.
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Answer: He bought 42 boxes of pencils.

Explanation:

Given : Mr.Rodriguez bought 420 pencils for the school.

If there are 10 pencils in a box, then by using DIVISION OPERATION, we have

The number of boxes of pencils he bought is given by :-


\text{Total pencils}/\text{Pencils in each box}\\\\=420/10=42

Therefore, he bought 42 boxes of pencils.

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