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Maylin and Nina are making fruit baskets. They have 36 apples, 27 bananas, and 18 oranges. They want each basket to contain the same amount of each fruit. Maylin believes the greatest number of baskets they can make is 6, and Nina believes the greatest number of baskets they can make is 9.

How many fruits will be in each basket?Determine who is correct. Explain how you know.

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Answer:

Nina is right: 9 baskets

36: 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36

27: 1 3 9 27

18: 1 2 3 6 9 18

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