Question

Students are arranging square tables to make one larger, rectangle table. The students want to have several ways to arrange the tables. Should they use 12 or 13 tables?

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Answer 1

12

Explanation:

they should use 12 tables to make a rectangle

12 has more factors than 13 which only has 2

12 has 1 2 3 4 6 & 12

13 only has 1 & 13

when using 12 desks you would have 6 ways of rearranging the table

1x12; 2x6; 3x4; 4x3; 6x2; 12x1

this has the most amount of ways while with 13 you only have 2 ways

1x13 and 13x1