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A monkey collects 60 coconuts and wants to store them in stacks that each contain the same number of coconuts. Describe all the different stacks the monkey can make, including the number of coconuts in each stack. Then find the prime factorization of 60.

User MathanG
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Monkeys stacking their coconuts.. sounds like a story.

Anyways

You have to factor out the 60
60: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 60

storing in stacks
The stacks can be either
2 stacks
3 stacks
4 stacks
5 stacks
6 stacks


User Nadja Simons
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2 stacks of 30 coconuts
4 stacks of 15 coconuts
6 stacks of 10 coconuts
12 stacks of 5 coconuts
20 stacks of 3 coconuts
(If there's other ones I forgot..Hopes this helps
User Akshar
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