Question

PLEASEEEE HELPPP!!!! THIS IS DUE ON WEDNESDAY

Jeri bought 32 cookies and 56 slices of pizza for his sisters birthday. Each guest will receive the same number of cookies and pizza, with nothing left over. If Jeri wants to invite the greatest number of guests, how many cookies will each guest receive?

Answer 1

Answer: 4 cookies

Reason:

32 = 8*4

56 = 8*7

We see that 8 is the largest common factor, aka GCF, of 32 and 56

So this is the greatest number of guests possible.

Each guest will get 32/8 = 4 cookies and 56/8 = 7 slices of pizza.