What numbers multiply to get 360 and add to get 37?

Answer 1

397

Answer 2

As I go into this, I don't know if there's a solution! But I can at least show you how to find out. First, we have to find the factor pairs of 360. We'll start with the obvious ones and work our way through the various possible factors.

1 and 360

2 and 180

3 and 120

4 and 90

5 and 72

6 and 60

7 and...nope, 7 does not divide out of 360 evenly, so we skip it

8 and 45

9 and 40

10 and 36

11 and...nope, doesn't work

12 and 30

15 and 24

18 and 20

19 doesn't work, and we already found 20, so we can stop, confident that that's the whole set of factor pairs. Now all we have to do is add each one up to see which ones also add up to 37. And, er, nope, none of them do. The closest we get is 18 and 20, which add up to 38. Sorry.

Answer 3

Well, darling, the numbers you're looking for are 18 and 20. They multiply to 360 and add up to 38, not 37. So close, yet so far. Keep those math skills sharp, honey.