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UKMT Intermediate Mathematical Challenge, 2022

Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

In the Caribbean, loggerhead turtles lay three million eggs in twenty thousand nests. On average, how many eggs are in each nest?

(A) $15$ (B) $150$ (C) $1500$ (D) $15\,000$ (E) $150\,000$

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