SOLUTION: At a summer picnic, 165 children will participate in a relay race. Each team must be the same size. How many children could be on each team?

Question 1053586: At a summer picnic, 165 children will participate in a relay race. Each team must be the same size. How many children could be on each team?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'm assuming you only want teams that use exactly 165 children so no one is left out. So look at factors of 165.

So
1 team of 165
3 teams of 55
5 teams of 33
11 teams of 15
15 teams of 11
33 teams of 5
55 teams of 3
165 teams of 1
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8 ways in total.

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