Higher Order Thinking Mrs. Drysondivided her collection of 52 glass bearsinto equal groups. She had 1 bearleft over. How many groups didMrs. Dryson make? How many bearsare in each group?

Answer:Mrs. Dryson made 3 groups with 17 glasses of bears each or she made 17 groups with 3 glasses of bears each.Step-by-step explanation:Let the number of groups is x and each group gets y number of bears. Now, Mrs. Dryson distributed 52 glass bears equally in groups and there was 1 bear left over. Therefore, xy = 52 - 1 = 51 Now, x and y both must be whole numbers. Now, we have 51 = 3 × 17, which is the only possible factorization of 51. So, if x = 3 then y = 17 and if x = 17, then y = 3. Therefore, Mrs. Dryson made 3 groups with 17 glasses of bears each or she made 17 groups with 3 glasses of bears each. (Answer)