A box of pencils at the store contains 38 pencils . A carton of pencils contains 36 boxes. Each pencil has a mass of 2.47 g. How many cartons of pencils would I have to buy in order to have 35.5 kg of pencils ? Please round your answer to the nearest whole number, and do not put units on your answer.

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A box of pencils at the store contains 38 pencils . A carton of pencils contains 36 boxes. Each pencil has a mass of 2.47 g. How many cartons of pencils would I have to buy in order to have 35.5 kg of pencils ? Please round your answer to the nearest whole number, and do not put units on your answer.

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