Question

The area of a rectangular garden is 256 square meters. List all possible whole number dimensions that the garden can have. [2 MARKS]

Answer 1

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Solution: 1 Mark

The dimensions of the garden can be found by finding the factors of the number 256.
The various factors of 256 are as follows:
256=1$\times$256
256=2$\times$128
256=4$\times$64
256=8$\times$32
256=16$\times$16
We will stop at (16,16), because they are equal.
$\therefore$ The various dimensions of the garden can be, (1,256),(2,128),(4,64),(8,32),(16,16).