Question

in a marching band, there are 64 woodwinds, 88 brass, and 16 percussion players. When they march in a parade, there is the same number of students in each row. find the greatest number of students in each row. how many rows of each group are there?

Answer 1

Find the greatest number that each can be divided by evenly. In this case its 8. Divide each section by 8 to find the number of rows for each section. 64/8= 8 rows, 88/8= 11 rows, 16/8= 2 rows.