You can draw more 36 cm square rectangles than 23 cm square rectangles if the side length must be whole numbers. why is that?

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Dparpyani · Answer 1 · 2016-12-30T06:54:06+0000

If the side lengths must be whole numbers, then they must be factors
of the area.

36 has more whole-number factors (9 of them) than 23 has (2 of them).

You can draw more 36 cm square rectangles than 23 cm square rectangles if the side length must be whole numbers. why is that?

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