Question

A warehouse has three shelves that can hold 8,12,or 16 skate boards. each shelf has sections holding the same number of skate boards.nwhats the greatest number of skateboards that can be put in a section? explain

Answer 1

Suppose that there are 16 skates boards on the shelf

Given that the shelf has sections holding the same number of skates, you can arrange the 16 skates in

• 2 sections with 8 skates each

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• 4 sections with 4 skates each

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• 8 sections with 2 skates each

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Then, the greatest number of skateboards that can be put in a section is 8