A pet Shop manager wants the dame number of birds in each cage. He wants to use as few cages possible, but can only have one typ

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e of bird in each cage. If he has 42 parakeets and 18 canaries, how many birds will he put in each cage?

2 answers:

KengaRu [80] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-17T22:23:52+03:00

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42 divided by 7 =6

18 divided by3 =6

7+3=10 cages

RUDIKE [14] · Answer 2 · 2021-12-18T00:41:42+03:00

Answer:

The manager will put 6 parakeets each in 7 cages and 6 canaries each in 3 cages.

Step-by-step explanation:

We will find the greatest common factor of 42 and 18 to know the answer.

42 = 2 x 3 x 7

18 = 2 x 3 x 3

So, greatest common factor is $2\times3=6$

So, 42 parakeets need $42/6 =7$ cages

And 18 canaries need $18/6=3$ cages

So, the manager will put 6 parakeets each in 7 cages and 6 canaries each in 3 cages.