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Aaron is having his birthday party at King's Castle Laser Tag. He is making crowns for his guests to wear. He opens a bag of 100 stick-on gems. His sister asks for some, so he gives her 12 gems. He evenly divides the remaining gems among the 8 crowns.

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Answer: 11 gems

Explanation:

After Aaron gives 12 gems to his sister, he is left with 100-12 gems = 88 gems.

If he divides the gems evenly among the crowns, each one will have 88/8 gems = 11 gems.

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