Question

An army contingent of 616 members is to march behind an army band of 32 members in
a parade. The two groups are to march in the same number of columns. What is the
maximum number of columns in which they can march?
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Answer 1

Answer:

8 columns

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

Hey Listen whenever these type of questions come up where you are asked to find the maximum number of anything, your first attempt must be to find the hcf of those numbers!(in maximum cases)

No. Of members=616

No. Of band members=32

Largest number of coloumns they can stand in = HCF(616,32)

By taking out the HCF, we get 8

So the maximum number of coloumns they will stand in is 8.

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