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Question 772995: i have five boxes of counters and eight counters left over.
There are 68 counters altogether. How many are in each full box?

Answer by tommyt3rd(5050)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is ambiguous - do all boxes hold the same number of counters?
Please repost with a clear and complete question :)

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