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Question from angela, a student:

What do we call the numbers that cannot be arranged into 2-row arrays?

Angela,

Did you try some?

Two can be arranged in a 2 row array

two

Three can't be arranged in a 2 row array

Four can be arranged in a 2 row array

What about five and six?

Which numbers can be arranged in a two 2 array? Which can't?

Penny

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