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It sounds like the goal is for each box to have an odd number of pencils. At first it seems impossible, but if one of the boxes can go inside another so that the larger box holds an even # plus the odd number in the smaller box (for a total of an odd number), then you can do it.

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Q: How do you put 90 pencil in 9 boxes in odd numbers?
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