Which Scale Makes More Sense?

Question

Creating a bar graph, which scales makes the most sense for 32,24,12,,and16?

1

4

8

10

Answer 1

find the greatest number that can be evenly divided into all of the numbers.

32: 1 4 8.

24: 1 4 8.

12: 1 4.

16: 1 4 8.

4 looks like the greatest number that can be evenly divided into all of the numbers.

32/4=8 24/4=6 12/4=3 16/4=4.

1 bar = 4 units.

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