Is it "a pair" or "a pairs?

A brain teaser,A tailor can make a pair of pants from the scraps left over from sewing up five pairs of pants. How many pairs can he make?

  • A tailor can make a pair of pants from the scraps left over from sewing up five pairs of pants. If he has twenty-five scraps, how many pairs of pants can he make?

  • Answer:

    6 pairs. He can make 5 from the 25 scraps and can make another pair from the leftovers of the 5 he made.

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I don't get it? Why would there be scraps left over from sowing up pants? NO Wonder I'm not a Taylor!!

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