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Pencil Problems

• 2 The Park City Children's Museum needs 1,000 pencils for its store. The museum orders pencils in boxes of 48. Will there be enough pencils if the museum orders 25 boxes?

  • a. Write an estimate and explain your thinking.

  • b. How many pencils are there in 25 boxes?

  • c. How many more or less than 1,000 is that?

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