document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=171416>Question 171416</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Paula invited 15 friends to her Sweet 16 birthday party. She decided to use 16 small square tables to form a large square so that she and her friends would all have a place to sit.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At the last minute, four cousins arrived from out of town. How could Paula arrange the 16 tables into a new rectangular shape (with no holes in the middle) so that all 20 people will have a place and there will be no empty seats?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EXTENSION: What is the greatest number of people that can be seated at 16 tables arranged in a rectangular shape? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "At the last minute, four cousins arrived from out of town. How could Paula arrange the 16 tables into a new rectangular shape (with no holes in the middle) so that all 20 people will have a place and there will be no empty seats? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw the pictures of the rectangular arrangements.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A 4 by 4 seats 4+4+4+4 = 16<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A 2 by 8 seats 2+2+8+8 = 20<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A 1 by 16 seats 1+1+16+16=34<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EXTENSION: What is the greatest number of people that can be seated at 16 tables arranged in a rectangular shape? 34<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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