Scenario: there are 60 boys and 72 girls in a school. the principal wants to divide the students into gender-specific groups (all boys or all girls) of the largest possible size. each group needs to have the same number of students. what is the correct size of each group?

Hence, the correct size of boys group is 5 and girls is 6.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of boys = 60

Number of girls = 72

We need to divide the students into gender specific groups of the largest possible size.

For this we will find "HCF of 60 and 72" which is equal to "12".

So, the correct size of each group is 12 in which number of boys would be

Number of girls would be

Hence, the correct size of boys group is 5 and girls is 6.

a.) list the factors of 40.

1/2/4/5/8/10/20/40

b.) list the factors of 40 that represent the number of cans that could be on each shelf.

5

c.) how many different arrangements of cans are possible?

just one because if you put more on one shelf you will go way over 40 and the cabinet will probably break.

d.) what are the possible arrangements of the cans?

put 5 cans on each self to reach 40 cans in total.

e.) which arrangement uses all the shelves?

5 because you can put 5 cans on each shelf, and since there are 8 shelfs you are equally going to get 40 cans.