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Halle has 36 feathers, 48 acorns, and 60 gates. She wants to pull all of these items into bowls with the same number of feathers, acorns , and agates in each bowl and none left out .What is the maximum number of bowls she can put the items into ?

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6 bowls. 6 is the GCF (Greatest Common Factor) of the three numbers.
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12 bowls, because 12 is the greatest common factor of 36, 48, and 60.
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