Question

Kim needs to place 32 mystery books and 56 biography books on libraryshelves. She is to place the maximum number of books on each shelf sothat all the shelves have the same number of books. Each shelf will contain only one type of book.

Part A: Determine the number of books to be placed on each shelf.

Part B: How many shelves will Kim use for each type of book?

Answer 1

Part A:You'll put 8 books on each shelf.
To do this, all I had to do was find the greatest common factor(GCF) of 32 and 56 which is 8. You have to do that because you had to find a number that divided evenly between 32 and 56.
Part B: Mystery Books:4
Biography Books: 7