5. A teacher prepares 12 sheets of colored paper for each of sheets her 25 pupils. If 5 pupils are absent, how many sheets of colored paper can each pupil now have?
A.10
B.15
C.18
D.20
E.24
I think the answer is A.
Please proofread, correct, and repost.
Also -- rethink your answer.
12x25= 300. 12x20=240. You have 60 extra sheets if they were to all have 12. 20 can go into 60 3 times. So each student can have 15 sheets.
To find the number of sheets of colored paper each pupil can now have, we need to divide the total number of sheets (12 sheets per pupil) by the number of remaining pupils (25 pupils - 5 absent pupils).
First, calculate the number of remaining students: 25 pupils - 5 absent pupils = 20 pupils
Then, multiply the number of remaining pupils by the number of sheets each pupil can have: 20 pupils * 12 sheets/pupil = 240 sheets
Finally, divide the total number of sheets by the number of remaining pupils to find out how many sheets each pupil can have: 240 sheets รท 20 pupils = 12 sheets/pupil
Therefore, each pupil can now have 12 sheets of colored paper.
The correct answer is not A, but actually D.