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If a number is divisible by 5, it either ends in a 0 or a 5. Since this doesn't end in either, we know it isn't divisible by 5. We should find the next lowest number that is divisible by 5. Since 155 ends in a five, we know it is divisible by 5, and because this is the closest number below 157 that is divisible by 155, we know this is the greatest number of students that could be put equally into 5 classes.

Alternatively, we can divide 157 by 5, and we get 31.4. Since we only want something that divides evenly by 5, we round this down to 31, then multiply by 5 to get 155.

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