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Pencils are sold in boxes of 10 Erasers are sold in boxes of 14 A teacher wants to buy the same number of pencils and erasers. Work out the smallest number of boxes of each item she should buy.
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Pencils are sold in boxes of 10

Erasers are sold in boxes of 14
A teacher wants to buy the same number of pencils and erasers.
Work out the smallest number of boxes of each item she should buy.

User Manoj Vadehra
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Answer: 7 pencil boxes, and 5 eraser boxes

Step-by-step explanation: They work out to 70 of each.

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