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Pieces of Gum

Posted: July 29, 2024

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Katelyn buys a carton of gum from the Sweet Gum Candy Company. The company states that there are eight pieces of gum in every pack, ten packs in every box, and a dozen boxes in every carton. Katelyn opens the carton at home and realized that the carton was one box short and one of the boxes was one pack short. How many pieces of gum were actually in the carton that Katelyn purchased?

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