Wednesday, March 13, 2013


There are 10 numbers: 21, 22, 34, 39, 44, 45, 65, 76, 133, and 153. Can you split all the numbers into 2 groups so that the product of all the numbers of these 2 groups are the same?

Ans:
The easiest way is to factor all the number out. 21 = 3 x 7,
22 = 2 x 11,
34 = 2 x 17,
39 = 3 x 13,
44 = 2 x 11,
45 = 3 x 3 5,
65 = 5 x 13,
76 = 2 x 2 x 19,
133 = 7 x 19.

Then you can try to split the numbers. For example, 133 and 76 should be separated because both of them have factors of 19. These 2 groups are: (76, 21, 65, 22, 153) and (133, 39, 45, 44, 34).

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