SOLUTION: Hope wants to put 23 stickers on pages in her new sticker book. Each page can fit up to 20 stickers. She wants to have an equal number on each page. How many pages will she need

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Question 272911: Hope wants to put 23 stickers on pages in her new sticker book. Each page can fit up to 20 stickers. She wants to have an equal number on each page. How many pages will she need?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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23 has no factors other than 23 and 1
So she either has to squeeze all 23 on one page or she will need 23 pages.
or she can put 11 on one page and 11 on another page and one overlapping on both pages