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A local school teacher wanted to share 703 sweets equally between the pupils.

If there were more than 20 pupils, how many sweets did each receive?

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Answer
The 37 pupils each received 19 sweets.

Reasoning
703 can only be broken down into 19 x 37, it has no other factors.

 

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