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Mel divided dozens of cookies between 7 classrooms, each

received two dozen. If she had 216 cookies to begin with,
how many dozens did she have left after dividing them up?


Pls help me

User Luthien
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5 votes

Answer:

4

Explanation:

Two dozens = 12 × 2 = 24

24 × 7 = 168

216 - 168 = 48

48 ÷ 12 =4

User Richard Hulse
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Answer:

4 dozen(48)

Explanation:

216/dozen(12) =18 dozen(12)

7x2 dozen = 14 dozen

18 dozen - 14 dozen = 4 dozen(48)

User Pavel Yakimenko
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