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The bookstore had a new bookshelf that

could hold 62 books. The owner divided
the 62 books evenly among the 5
shelves. When split evenly, how many
books were on each of the 5 shelves?

User Myesha
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12 votes

Answer:


12 books

Explanation:


62 / 5 = 12remainder2. Get rid of the the remainder (
2) because it was specified that the books were split evenly, and then answer is
12.

User Sidharth Panwar
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