Question

Akio has 27 blankets and 18 flashlights to use in emergency relief kits for communities in need. He will put the same number of blankets and the same number of flashlights in each kit. He wants to use all the blankets and flashlights. What is the greatest number of emergency relief kits Akio can make?

Answer 1

6

Explanation:

The answer Is 6

Answer 2

9

Explanation:

We can make an equation out of this

So if he has 27 blankets, and 18 flashlights, he will need to divide evenly amongst the kits.
The equation would be

z=x+y, where x is the amount of blankets, and y is the amount of flashlights.

to find this, we need to find what 27 is divisible by, and what 18 is divisible by.

27 - 27, 9 , 3, 1

18 - 18, 9, 6, 2, 3, 1

Now, 18 and 27 are both divisible by 9

18/9=2

27/9=3

So we can make a total of 9 emergency kits, with each kit having 3 blankets and 2 flashlights

Hope this helps!!^^