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Mrs. Woods wants to give each of her 25 students a pencil on the first day

of school. The pencils come in boxes of 12. How many boxes will she need
to purchase?

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Answer

3 boxes

Explanation:

So she needs to give 25 pencils to each student.

1 box = 12

number of boxes = 25/12

=2.08

round it to 3

Therefore she need 3 boxes

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