Question

You are making gift bags to give to your friends at a birthday party. You have 36 candy bars, 24 pencils, and 48 erasers to divide among the gift bags. You want to divide the items evenly and not have any items left over. List the common factors of 36, 24, and 48. Which common factor represents the greatest number of gift bags you can make? Explain. If you make the greatest number of gift bags, how many of each item would go in each bag? Show how you know. Answer:

Answer 1

For the GCF: 12.

Explanation:

That means there will be 12 gift bags you will be able to make. How many will be able to go in there; all you have to do is divide 12 by the numbers of candy bars or other things that you have.

Candy Bars: 36/12=3 candy bars in each bag.

Pencils: 24/12=2 pencils in each bag.

Erasers: 48/12=4 erasers in each bag.

So there will be 3 candy bars, 2 pencils, and 4 erasers in each of the 12 gift bags.