Question

A pet shop manager wants the same number of birds in each cage. He wants to use as few as cages as possible , but can only have one type of bird in each cage. If he has 42 parakeets and 18 canaries , how many birds will he put in each cage?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Sample Response: When you divide 153 by 3, there is no remainder. This means that 3 goes into 153 evenly and so there can be the same number of parakeets in each cage.

Answer 2

There would be 3 in each cage because it is the biggest whole number you can divide 42 and 18 by