Question

Marco is making a mosaic garden stones using red, yellow, and blue tiles. He has 45 red tiles, 90 blue tile, and 75 yellow tiles. Each stone must have the same number of each color tile. What is the greatest number of stones Marco can make?A.How many of each color tile will Marco use in each stoneB.How can Marco use the GCF to find out how many tiles he has in all?

Answer 1

He has:

45 red tiles

90 blue tiles

75 yellow tiles

Greatest number of stones Marco can make is the GCF of the three numbers above which is 3 × 5 = 15 (Solution attached below)