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For a scavenger hunt, Jim's mom distributed a bag of 440 jelly beans evenly into 20 plastic containers and hid them around the yard. If, after the hunt, Jim has a total of 242 jelly beans, then how many of the plastic containers did he find?

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Answer: 11

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Jim's mom distributed  a bag of 440 Jelly beans evenly in to 20 Plastic bags

i.e.each bag has [tex]\frac{440}{20}=22[/tex]  Jelly.

After the hunt, Jim has 242 Jelly. This much Jelly constitutes

[tex]\Rightarrow \dfrac{242}{22}=11\ \text{bags}[/tex]

Therefore, Jim has 11 bags of Jellys

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