Question

A gardener is planting flowers and would like for them to be in even rows. He has 12 rose bushes and 15 tulips. What is the greatest number of plants he can have in each row to keep the rose bushes and tulips in their own rows?

12
6
5
3

Answer 1

Explanation:

The factors of 12 and 15 common number is 3. You can do rows of 3 four times to get 12 rose bushes and rows of 3, five times to get 15 tulips.
4x3 = 12 and 5x3 = 15. This is how I understood the question.

Answer 2

3

Explanation:

the factors of 12 are

1,2,3,4,6,12

and the factors of 15 are

1,3,5,15

so the answer would be 3

( i did the quiz and got it right )