Given:
36 jazz CDs ; 48 country CDs
Store as many CDs as possible on each shelf of a cabinet, putting the same number of CDs without mixing jazz and country Cs on the same shelf.
We need to find the factors of 36 and 48.
1 x 36 ; 2 x 18 ; 3 x 12 ; 6 x 6
1 x 48 ; 2 x 24 ; 3 x 16 ; 4 x 12
There are 3 shelves for jazz CDs. Each shelf contains 12 CDs.
There are 4 shelves for coutnry CDs. Each shelf contains 12 CDs.
She needs a total of 7 shelves with 12 CDs each.