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The supervisor purchased 12 boxes of pencils. At the end of the week,there were only 7/1/2 boxes left. How many boxes had been used during the week? (Write answer and operation)

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Answer:4 1/2

Explanation:

To figure this out you need to just subtract the amount sold from the amount in the beginning and it will tell you the remainder of the pencils

12-7 1/2=4 1/2

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