Question

The PE class has 12 boys and 8 girls. What is the maximum number of teams that the teacher can divide the class into so that each team has an equal number of boys and girls, the greatest common factor of the numbers of girls and boys?

Answer 1

4

Explanation:

Answer 2

12 = 4*3 = 2*2*3

8 = 4*2 =2*2*2

greatest common factor = 2*2 =4

they can have 4 teams: consisting of 3 boys and 2 girls