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Zoe wants to hang 72 photographs on the wall. She wants to put the same number of photographs in each row. How many rows with Zoe make?

A. 10
B. 5
C. 2
D. 20

User Lucas Lazaro
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C. 2.

Just easily divide 72 / every answer choice until it’s an whole number WITHOUT a remainder or WITHOUT it being a repeating decimal division problem.

3 6
——-
2 | 72
- 6
—-
1 2
- 1 2
—-
0

Also, bonus: 12 photographs would be in each row.
User Sam Spade
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