Question

Aleesia has a box of 52 muffins. She wants to put out plates that each have the same number of muffins. What is one possible way Aleesia could put an equal number of muffins on each plate so there are no muffins leftover

Answer 1

Answer:

4 muffins per plate (13 plates)

Other answers are possible. See below

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Explanation:

The factors of 52 are: 1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52

If Aleesia picks any of those values, then she will divide the muffins up equally.

For example, if she puts 4 muffins per plate, then that means she'll have 13 plates since 4*13 = 52.

Or she could put 2 muffins per plate to get 26 plates (because 2*26 = 52).

Side note: A prime factor tree might be helpful.