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Linda wants to bake 48 cookies. The cookie tray has room for 8 cookies. How many batches will she have to bake to make 48 cookies?

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1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48.

The number of bags she can make are shown in the table:

Number of CC cookies in each bag 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48

Number of bags 48 24 16 12 8 6 4 3 2 1

Since the number of cookies that goes in a bag is a factor of the total number of cookies, all the factors of 48 are listed in the first row of the table. Each column corresponds to a situation where the 48 cookies are divided equally among some bags, and the product of the numbers in each column is 48. The number of bags is also a factor of the total number of cookies.

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