SOLUTION: At the writing factory, the assembly line produces 225 pencils in a batch. The pencils are packaged in a box with 20 each. If 3 batches are made in one day, how many pencils will b

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Question 1189290: At the writing factory, the assembly line produces 225 pencils in a batch. The pencils are packaged in a box with 20 each. If 3 batches are made in one day, how many pencils will be leftover at the end.
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The pencils are packaged in highlight%28cross%28a%29%29 highlight%28cross%28box%29%29 BOXES with 20 highlight%28pencils%29 each.
If 3 batches are made in one day, how many pencils will be leftover at the end.
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The total pencils made is  225*3 = 675.


Divide it by 20 with the remainder.


    675 = 33*20 + 15.


The remainder 15 is the answer to the problem's question.

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