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James work in a flower. He will put 36 tulips in vases for a wedding. He must use the same number of tulips in each vase. The number of tulips in each vase must be greater than 1 and less than 10. How many tulips could be in each vase?

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There are multiple answers:
• if he has 36 vases, he would be able to put one tulip in each.
• if he has 18 vases, he would be able to put two tulips in each
• if he has 12 vases, he would be able to put three tulips in each
• if he has 9 vases, he would be able to put four tulips in each
• if he has 6 vases, he would be able to put six tulips in each
• if he has 4 vases, he would be able to put nine tulips in each
• if he has 3 vases, he would be able to put twelve tulips in each
• if he has 2 vases, he would be able to put eighteen tulips in each

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That depends on how many vases there are
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