The glee club has 120 cupcakes to sell. they have decided to arrange the cupcakes in the shape of a rectangle, such that the rows have an even number of cupcakes and the columns have an odd number of cupcakes. How many arrangements of cupcakes can they create? Explain.

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Brooke Obrien

5 October, 12:04

The glee club has 120 cupcakes to sell. they have decided to arrange the cupcakes in the shape of a rectangle, such that the rows have an even number of cupcakes and the columns have an odd number of cupcakes. How many arrangements of cupcakes can they create? Explain.

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Douglas · Answer 1

Here are the only ones I can think of that have only one even number and one odd number.

8 x 15

5 x 24

3 x 40

I simply used a calculator and did 120/1, 120/2, 120/3 etc ... and found these numbers that work together.