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Pencil Problems

Read each of the story problems below and answer each part of the problem. Show your solutions.

• 1 Lakeside School has 500 students. The principal orders 22 boxes of pencils. Each box has 24 pencils. Will he have enough pencils to give one to each student in the school?

  • a. Write an estimate and explain your thinking.

  • b. How many pencils are there in 22 boxes?

  • c. How many more or less than 500 is that?

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