Mr. jones is planning a birthday party for his wife. there will be 22 people, and in order to seat them he needs to borrow card tables, the size that fits one person on each side. He wants to arrange the tables in a rectangular shape so that they will look like one large table. what is the smallest number of tables that mr. jones needs to borrow
If Mr. Jones wants to arrange the tables in a rectangular shape, he needs to find the factors of 22. The factors of 22 are 1, 2, 11, and 22. However, since he wants to arrange the tables in a rectangular shape, he needs to find two factors that can be multiplied together to equal 22. The smallest number of tables he needs to borrow is 2, as 2 multiplied by 11 gives him 22. Therefore, Mr. Jones needs to borrow 2 tables to seat all 22 people.
To determine the smallest number of tables Mr. Jones needs to borrow, we need to find the dimensions of the rectangular shape that can accommodate 22 people.
Let's start by finding the factors of 22:
1, 2, 11, 22
Since we want to arrange the tables in a rectangular shape, let's look for pairs of factors that multiply to 22. In this case, the closest pair is 2 and 11.
Therefore, Mr. Jones needs to borrow 2 tables, each large enough to fit 11 people, to arrange in a rectangular shape for the birthday party.