Mr. Rodriguez is packing bags of snacks for his children’s lunchboxes. If he has 20 blueberries and 30 grapes, what is the maximum number of bags of snacks that he can pack so that each bag has the same number of blueberries and grapes?
Factors:
20 =
2 * 10
4 * 5
30 =
2 * 15
3 * 10
5 * 6
Which is the largest common factor?
GCD(20,30) = 10
so, 10 bags, each with 2 blueberries and 3 grapes
not much of a snack, eh?
Mr. Rodriguez is packing bags of snacks for his children’s lunchboxes. If he has 20 blueberries and 30 grapes, what is the maximum number of bags of snacks that he can pack so that each bag has the same number of blueberries and grapes?
5 bags
10 bags
50 bags
60 bags
The answer is 10
The answer is 10 because 20÷10 is 2 and 30÷10 is 3 so there will be 5 left over.
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