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Mr. Torres has a class of 17 students. He can spend $24 on each student to buy math supplies for the year. He first buys all of his students calculators, which

costs a total of $77.35. After buying the calculators, how much does he have left to spend on each student?

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Total money to spend= 24*17=408
408-77.35= 330.65
330.65/17=19.45
After buying the calculators, Mr. Torres has $19.45 timo spend on each student.
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She has a class of 17 kids. At $24 each, she can spend 17*$24 = $408. Since she spent $125.36, she has $408 - $125.36 = $282.64 left to spend.

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