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a florist had 1006 flowers she wanted to put them into 30 bouquets with the same number of flowers in each how many more should she get so she doesn't have any extra

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He should get 14 more. If you want full bouquets of 30, it needs to be an even multiple of 30, in this case, more than 1006. The nearest to that is 1,020, which is 14 more than what he has.
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