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Question from paul, a parent:

Mark has 312 books. He has 11 times as many fiction books as non fiction books. How many fiction books does he have?

Hi Paul,

Mark is going to organize his books in piles. He puts a non fiction book at the bottom of each pile and 11 fiction books on top of it. How many piles does he have?

Penny

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