Question

he has 72 penciles and 96 erasers he is giving each student one how many students are in his class how many students are in hi class

Answer 1

Clarify: if each student gets one pencil AND one eraser, the number of students is limited by the smaller supply, 72. So he can give 72 students both items (with 96−72 = 24 erasers left).

If instead each student gets only one item (a pencil OR an eraser), then total students = 72 + 96 = 168.