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For a school show, Garima wants to arrange 42 flower pots in such a way that each column has an equal number of pots. Which of these could be the number of flower pots in a column?

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Answer: She can either arrange them in 7 columns or 6 columns.

Explanation:

We are given:

Total number of pots = 42

In order to arrange the pots in the same number of columns so that each column has an equal number of pots, we will find out the factors of 42.

42 = 6 × 7

42 = 1 × 42

Garima can arrange 6 pots in 7 columns or 7 pots in 6 columns so as to have equal number of pots.

Hence, she can either arrange them in 7 columns or 6 columns.

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