Question

Matthew has 63 pages to read in 2-5 days. He wants to read the same whole number of pages each day and the greatest number of pages in the fewest days possible. What is the best number of days for Matthew's reading plan?

Answer 1

3

Explanation:

63 can be factored as ...

61 = 1×63 = 3×21 = 7×9

The only plan that meets Matthew's requirement for number of days is to read 21 pages on each of 3 days.