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Pawly had 240 pencils and she gave a quarter of them to Boots. Boots then divided his pencils equally into 4 groups. How many pencils are there in each group?

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60

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15

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200

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100

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Solution

The correct option is B 15
Number of pencils Pawly has = 240
● 240 ÷ 4 = 60
● So, Boots has 60 pencils.
Now, Boots divided his 60 pencils into 4 equal groups.
● 60 ÷ 4 = 15
There are 15 pencils in each group.
Hence, Option D is correct.

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