Question

Mrs sogiba is catering for her son's birthday party. She has invited some of her son's friends to the party. The number of friends is a composite multiple of her son's age on his birthday. She gas baked 48 cupcakes and each child will receive exactly the same number of cupcakes. Use your knowledge of multiples and factors to find out how old her don will be on his birthday

Answer 1

Age of son can be 3 Years

Step-by-step explanation:

Mrs sogiba has baked 48 cupcakes and each child will receive exactly the same number of cupcakes.

48 = 1 * 48 = 2 * 24 = 4 * 12 = 6 * 8

Factors are  1 , 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 12 , 24 , 48

Composite Factors are

48 , 24 , 12 , 8 , 6 , 4

Age of Son = 3 years

Friends = 3 * 4 = 12

number of cup cakes = 12 * 4 = 48

Age of son can be 3 Years

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