Maya has 5 sheets of paper. She cuts 3 circles from each sheet. The circles are shared equally among 6 students. How many circles does each student get?

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Shantelle
Apr 29, 2018

#2# circles.

Explanation:

First, let's find how many circles you can have total from the #5# sheets of paper.

#5 " sheets of paper"* 3 " circles per page"= 15 " circles"#

#(15 " circles")/(6 " students") = 2.5# circles per student.

But you can't have a #1/2# of a circle, so each student gets #2# circles.

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