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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…

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…
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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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