Question

If there are 48 boys and 64 girls and the teachers decided to put them each in in equal rows only boys or girls will be in each round no mixing girls and boys in the same row what number would that be

Answer 1

Answer: 16

Explanation:

The question seeks to know the largest number of people that can sit in each row.

To answer this, find the Highest Common Factor of the numbers 48 and 64.

Factors of 48 ⇒ 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24 and 48

Factors of 64 ⇒ 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64

Because the teacher wants the rows to be equal with either only boys or only girls sitting in them, the highest number of people that can sit in a row will be 16.

There will be 7 rows in total.

Boys ⇒ 48/ 16 = 3 rows

Girls ⇒ 64/16 = 4 rows