Teresa is organizing her closet. She wants to place all of her eleven pairs of shoes on shelves. If she wants to have the same number of pairs on each shelf, how many choices for the number of shelves does she have?

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anonymous · Answer

how many shelves?

istim · Answer

Difficult, as there is an odd number of pairs.

anonymous · Answer

idk

anonymous · Answer

answers are 	2
	4
	6
	eleven

istim · Answer

Unless we don't have to have ALL pairs on the shelf.
Or just single pairs on each shelf, like a cubbie.

callisto · Answer

Factors of 11:
 1 and 11..
Since 'shelves' , 1 can be rejected
So, 1 choice only, agree :S?

istim · Answer

My thought exactly.

callisto · Answer

But it's not in the choices given :|

istim · Answer

eleven
He said eleven right?
So thats like|dw:1337062971793:dw|

istim · Answer

I think if there were elven shelves, then with one pair for each shelf, it would work. Simplistic I think.

callisto · Answer

Ahh... number of shelves =11
But number of choices = .....

istim · Answer

So with what you said, and with what I said, its 2 then right?

istim · Answer

With all pairs on one shelf, or one pair for each shelf?

callisto · Answer

I think it's two too! (1 and 11)
But when the question mentioned the word 'shelves', I doubt if 1 is counted :|
Anyway, just write 2 lol

istim · Answer

I'll go with that too.