How many boxes of envelopes can you buy with $12 if one box costs $3?

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asked Mar 13, 2017 69.8k views

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Quaternion · Answer 1 · 2017-03-17T20:10:18+0000

so you have 12
one costs 3
how many 3's are in 12
there are x 3s in 12
x times 3=12
divde both sides by 3
x=12/3=4
you can by 4 boxes