Question

Yanika is teaching a swim class. She needs to divide the class into teams for a relay race. There is 18 students.

A) List all the possible sizes of the relay teams.


B) Part of the swimming pool is being used by another class. There are only 3 lanes available. Can Yankia divide her class equally into those lanes?
Explain how you know?

Answer 1

A possible sizes two teams of 9 or 9 teams of 2, 6 teams of 3 or 3 teams of 6

B yes 3 lanes could divide her 18 students by putting 6 people in each lane
18/3= 6