Question

Leanna is baking cookies to put in packages for a fundraiser. She has made 48 sugar cookies and 72 double fudge cookies. Leanna wants to make identical packages of cookies to sell; and she must use all of the cookies. What is the greatest number of identical packages she can make?

Answer 1

She can make a maximum of 24 packages

Explanation:

For you want to find the GCF (greatest common factor) of the two number.

48 : 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48

72 : 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 32 72

The GCF is 24 as you can see which indicates the maximum amount of packages you can make.