Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: A regular diploid human cell contains 46 chromosomes and is considered 2N because it contains 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes . However , after meiosis I , although the cell contains 46 chromatids , it is only considered as being N , with 23 chromosomes .
Simplified: As there are 46 chromosomes in a human cell , 23 end up on either side .