mrs sogiba is catering for her sons birthday party. she has invited some of her sons friends to the party. the number of friends

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mrs sogiba is catering for her sons birthday party. she has invited some of her sons friends to the party. the number of friends

is a composite multiple of her sons age on his birthday. she has baked 48 cupcakes and each child will recieve exactly the same number of cupcakes. use your knowledge of multiples and factors to find ouy how old her son will be on his birthday. (this is not his first bithday party)

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tester [12.3K] · Answer 1 · 2026-03-30T12:58:03+03:00

tester [12.3K]2 months ago

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Only numbers that are composite factors and that, when increased by 1, divide evenly into 48 will work. Thus 15 is suitable. Fifteen is composite, and adding 1 to it gives a number that divides 48. Therefore the son is 15.

Zina [12.3K] · Answer 2 · 2026-03-30T12:53:46+03:00

Zina [12.3K]2 months ago

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Answer: 16

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