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Josh has 4 boxes of candy to share with his 20 classmates. If each classmate receives the same amount of candy, how much candy should each classmate get? Your answer​

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Answer:

1/5 of a box of candy

Explanation:

Because John has 4 boxes of candy, he needs to divide this by his 20 classmates. So we have 4/20, which reduces to 1/5. So each classmate would get 1/5 of a box of candy (assuming that Josh himself does not get any candy).

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Each classmate would get 1/5 of a box.
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