James works in a flower shop. He will put 36 tulips in vases. He must use the same number of tulips in each vase. How many tulips could be in each vase?

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Nathaniel Davies

27 August, 16:25

James works in a flower shop. He will put 36 tulips in vases. He must use the same number of tulips in each vase. How many tulips could be in each vase?

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Scarlet Braun · Answer 1

There are multiple answers:

• if he has 36 vases, he would be able to put one tulip in each.

• if he has 18 vases, he would be able to put two tulips in each

• if he has 12 vases, he would be able to put three tulips in each

• if he has 9 vases, he would be able to put four tulips in each

• if he has 6 vases, he would be able to put six tulips in each

• if he has 4 vases, he would be able to put nine tulips in each

• if he has 3 vases, he would be able to put twelve tulips in each

• if he has 2 vases, he would be able to put eighteen tulips in each

Essentially you are looking to find out what the multiples are and then dividing to find the number of tulips.