Siti bakes 5 trays of pandan cookies for a school fair. Each tray holds 48 cookies. She packs the cookies into boxes of 7 to sell. Any cookies that are left over after packing are given away free. How many boxes of cookies does Siti sell?
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Step 1: Find the total number of cookies.
5 × 48 = 240 cookies
Step 2: Divide into boxes of 7.
240 ÷ 7 = 34 remainder 2
(Check: 7 × 34 = 238; 238 + 2 = 240 ✓)
Step 3: Only complete boxes are sold.
Leftover cookies = 2 (given away free)
Answer: Siti sells 34 boxes of cookies.
Correct answer: 34
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