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28 girls and 32 boys volunteer to plant trees at a school the principle divides the girls and boys in two identical groups that have girls and boys in each group what is the greatest number of groups the principal can make

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You are going to need to find the GCF (Greatest common factor) for each number.

{28: 1, 2, 4, 7, 14}

{32: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16}

The GCF of both numbers is 4. So that is your answer (: I hope I helped! Feel Free to ask questions!

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