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UKMT Junior Kangaroo, 2016

Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

Miss Spelling has enough sheets of paper to give each pupil in her class 3 sheets and have 31 sheets left over. Alternatively, she could give each pupil 4 sheets and have 8 sheets left over. How many sheets of paper does she have?

(A) $31$ (B) $34$ (C) $43$ (D) $91$ (E) $100$

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