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Twelve pens and 16 pencils will be placed in bags with an equal number of each item. What is the most number of bags that can be made?

Twelve pens and 16 pencils will be placed in bags with an equal number of each item. What is the most number of bags that can be made?
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Twelve pens and 16 pencils will be placed in bags with an equal number of each item. What is the most number of bags that can be made?

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Four bags can be made, as 12/4 is 3 and 16/4 is 4 but 12/5 doesn’t work as an even number
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