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-Elaine had 65 buttons. Her grandmother donated 5 cards of buttons to the collection. Elaine sorted the buttons into 10 piles, putting 10 buttons in each pile. How many buttons were on each card from Elaine's grandmother?
A) 93 buttons
B) 96 buttons
C) 7 buttons
D) 63 buttons

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Elaine initially had 65 buttons and sorted them into 10 piles with 10 buttons each, making 100 buttons in total. This means she added 35 buttons (100 - 65) from her grandmother's cards. Since there were 5 cards, each card had 7 buttons (35 buttons / 5 cards = 7 buttons per card).

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