Question

There are 40 girls and 32 boys who want to participate in the relay race. If each team must have the same number of girls and boys, A) what is the greatest number of teams that can race? B) How many boys and girls will be on each team?

Answer 1

8 teams

5 girls and 4 boys

Explanation:

To determine how many teams we can have , we need to determine the greatest common factor.

girls:40 = 5*8

boys:32 = 4*8

The greatest common factor is 8

So we will have 8 teams

There will be 5 girls and 4 boys on each team