fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :

Although the problem was simple …. Students were able to solve it.

  • A Little
  • B Small
  • C Few
  • D A few
  • E A lot of.
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The correct answer is D. A few

The term “a few” is used to describe a small number of something.

So, the sentence should read: “Although the problem was simple, a few students were able to solve it.”

This means that only a small number of students were able to solve the problem, even though it was simple.

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