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a section has 24 rows of 10 seats each.Describe at least 2 ways the class can sit if an equal number of students sit in each row there are 36 students

 Nov 20, 2014

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What you are trying to find are factors less than 24 that multiply evenly to make 36.

The way you can find the factors of a number is to make a t-chart:

_____

1  | 36

2  | 18

3  | 12

4  |  9

6  |  6

 

Each line of numbers multiplys to make 36. Example: 1 * 36 = 36, 2 * 18 =36, 3 * 12 = 36, etc...

The question is asking use for sets that do not have numbers larger than 24. So our possible choices are:

12 rows of 3 children,

9 rows of 4 children,

6 rows of 6 children.

 Nov 20, 2014
 #1
avatar+1090 
+5
Best Answer

What you are trying to find are factors less than 24 that multiply evenly to make 36.

The way you can find the factors of a number is to make a t-chart:

_____

1  | 36

2  | 18

3  | 12

4  |  9

6  |  6

 

Each line of numbers multiplys to make 36. Example: 1 * 36 = 36, 2 * 18 =36, 3 * 12 = 36, etc...

The question is asking use for sets that do not have numbers larger than 24. So our possible choices are:

12 rows of 3 children,

9 rows of 4 children,

6 rows of 6 children.

Mathematician Nov 20, 2014
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Great logic Mathematician.  

 Nov 21, 2014

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