Philip is sorting acorns he collected. He has 92 acorns: 66 still have their tops, 26 do not. Philip wants to sort the acorns into groups with the same number of acorns, including some with and without tops. He wants each group to have an equal number of acorns with tops and an equal number of acorns without tops. Which answer best shows how Philip can represent how he should sort the acorns?(1 point)

Question

Responses

6(11+4)

1(66+26)

24(3+1)

2(33+13)

Answer 1

The answer that best represents how Philip should sort the acorns is 2(33+13). This means that he should sort the acorns into groups of 2, with 33 acorns with tops and 13 acorns without tops in each group.