Find the Number of Outstanding Students: Solving the Pen Distribution Problem

A headteacher wants to buy pens to give to his most outstanding pupils.

He buys 10 pens and gives them all out to the students.

How many outstanding students are there?

To solve this problem, we'll follow these steps:

• Step 1: Identify the given information - There are 10 pens in total.
• Step 2: Understand the distribution - All pens are given out.
• Step 3: Conclude - The number of students is equal to the number of pens.

Let's work through these steps:

Step 1: The problem states clearly that the headteacher bought a total of $10$ pens.

Step 2: As the headteacher gives out all the pens, each student receives exactly one pen.

Step 3: Since there are $10$ pens and each student gets one pen, it follows that there must be exactly $10$ students.

Therefore, the solution to the problem is that there are $10$ outstanding students.