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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.
15
B.
19
C.
3
D.
70

User Vano
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Answer:

A

Explanation:

First you gotta do 42×5 to get the total amount, which is 210.

Then after all you gotta do is divide 210 by the number of students, which is 14.

Then bam, you got your answer, which is 15 (✯ᴗ✯) !!

User Neppomuk
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Answer:42x5=210/14=15

Step-by-step explanation:Each student would get 15 pencils

User Jamie Eltringham
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