Question

Reena has 246 plants to plant what maximum number of rows can she plant so that each row contains equal number of plants and therr is no extra plant left

Answer 1

41 rows with 6 plants each . or
6 rows with 41 plants each. or
3 rows with 82 plants each.

Answer 2

Maximum numbers of rows which is used to plant 246 plants is 41 rows.

Solution:

To find the number of plants that can be planted into rows,

Factors of $246=2 \times 3 \times 41$

Hence the number of plants are divided into 2 categories therefore, the number of plants that can be planted is either

2 rows with $\bold{(41 \times 3)}$ plants in each.

                          OR

3 rows with $\bold{(41 \times 2)}$ plants in each

                          OR

41 rows with $\bold{(2 \times 3)}$ plants in each which is the maximum number of rows.