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Cameron and Jody collect 20 stamps Cameron says they can put an equal number of stamps an each of each of 5 pages of their album Jody says they can put an equal number on each of 4 pages whose statement makes more sense explain

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Both Cameron's and Jody's suggestions about distributing 20 stamps across 5 and 4 pages, respectively, are correct. Each scenario results in an equal number of stamps per page: 4 stamps on 5 pages or 5 stamps on 4 pages.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question presents a simple division problem: Cameron and Jody collect 20 stamps and want to know how they can distribute them equally across multiple pages. Cameron suggests 5 pages, whereas Jody suggests 4 pages.

To determine whose statement makes more sense, we can divide the total number of stamps (20) by the number of pages each proposes. For Cameron's suggestion, we divide 20 by 5, which equals 4 stamps per page. For Jody's suggestion, we divide 20 by 4, which equals 5 stamps per page.

Both suggestions work perfectly as 20 is divisible by both 5 and 4. Therefore, both Cameron and Jody have made sensible suggestions, but Jody's suggestion results in more stamps on each page, implying a denser arrangement of stamps per page.

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