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Tanner is preparing dinner plates. He has 36 pieces of chicken and 16 rolls. If he wants to make all the plates identical without any food left over, what is the greatest number of plates Tanner can prepare?
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Tanner is preparing dinner plates. He has 36 pieces of chicken and 16 rolls. If he wants to make all the plates identical

without any food left over, what is the greatest number of plates Tanner can prepare?

User Zubair Ahmed
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Answer:

4

Explanation:

First, we find the greatest common factor of 36 and 16.

36 = 2^2 * 3^2

16 = 2^4

GCF = 2^2 = 4

He can make 4 plates.

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