Question

Kim’s bookcase holds 16 nonfiction books and 12 fiction books. Each shelf holds the same number of books and contains only one type of book. Each shelf holds the greatest number of books possible. How many shelves does the bookcase have.

Answer 1

It has seven shelves

Answer 2

16 nonfiction + 12 fiction= 28 books

so if each shelf contains only one type of book, 7 times four could be the only option.

4 books on each of the 7 shelves.

The bookcase has 7 shelves

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