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3. Mr. Yardi will buy pens for all 19

employees at his store. He wants to give
each employee 3 pens. If he buys pens
in packages of 12, what is the minimum
number of packages of pens Mr. Yardi
needs to buy to have enough pens?

User Adam Lee
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Answer:

Mr. Yardi needs to buy 5 packages of pens

Explanation:

He needs to buy 57 pens (19X3 = 57)

57/12 = 4.75

He neesd more than 4 packages So he needs to buy 5 packages and it will be 3 pens left so Mr Yardi can also have 3 pens if he wants

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