Mrs. Jones decided to buy some pencils for her class. She bought 4 packages of pencils, and each package contained 34 pencils. There are 17 students in her class and she divided up the pencils so that each student had the same amount of pencils. If there were no pencils left over, how many pencils did each student get?

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Karlie Finley

Mathematics

2 September, 08:47

Mrs. Jones decided to buy some pencils for her class. She bought 4 packages of pencils, and each package contained 34 pencils. There are 17 students in her class and she divided up the pencils so that each student had the same amount of pencils. If there were no pencils left over, how many pencils did each student get?

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Yareli Fleming · Answer 1

Answer: 8 pencils.

Step-by-step explanation: Since Mrs. Jones bought 4 packages of pencils each containing 34 pencils, we have to multiply 34 x 4 to get the total amount of pencil she bought. 34 x 4 = 136 total pencils bought.

Now, we wan to distribute the 136 pencils evenly among the 17 students. Simply, divide 136 by 17 to get the amount of pencils each student will receive. 136 divided by 17 = 8 pencils per student.

So, each student will receive 8 pencils evenly.