Question

Mrs. Jones decided to buy some pencils for her class. She bought 5 packages of pencils, and each package contained 57 pencils.

There are 19 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?
A. 24
B. 95
C. 3
D. 15

Answer 1

The Answer is 15 pencils ✏️

Answer 2

15 pencils

Explanation:

5 pencils * 57 pencils is 285 total pencils

285 / 19 = 15

alternatively you can do 57/19 * 5, which is also 15