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Mr. Flynn had 32 markers in his classroom. He buys new boxes of markers that have 9 markers in each box. Now, he has 86 markers. How many new boxes did he buy?
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Mr. Flynn had 32 markers in his classroom. He buys new boxes of markers that have 9 markers in each box. Now, he has 86 markers. How many new boxes did he buy?

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He bought 6 new boxes.

subtract 86 and 32 to see how many new markers he had gotten.

86-32=54

divide 54 by 9 since there are 9 markers in each box

54/9= 6 new boxes!
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