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Mrs. Jones decided to buy some pencils for her class. She bought 5 packages of pencils, and each package contained 42 pencils. There are 14 students in her class and she divided up the pencils so that each student had the same amount of pencils. If there were no pencils left over, how many pencils did each student get?

A. 70
B. 15
C. 19
D. 3

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Answer:

B, 15 pencils

Explanation:

Our equation: (5 x 42)/14

42 x 5 = 210

210/14= 15

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