SOLUTION: ms yvette ordered 1000 pencils. when the shipment arrived she forund 10 identical boxes inside. she gave 1 box to each of the 10 memberers. Jerome is a member. when he onened his b

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Question 492376: ms yvette ordered 1000 pencils. when the shipment arrived she forund 10 identical boxes inside. she gave 1 box to each of the 10 memberers. Jerome is a member. when he onened his box he found 10 packs of pencils inside. how many pencils were in 1 of these packs? how many pencils were given to each member to sell?
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There were 1000 pencils divided into 10 boxes.
1000/10 = 100 pencils per box
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Inside each box were 10 packages containing 100 pencils in total
100 pencils / 10 packages
100/10 = 10 pencils per package
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There were 10 members, so each one got 1 box.
So, everyone got 100 pencils to sell.