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If you have 70 red blocks and 84 green blocks, what is the greatest number of identical block stacks that can be made without any blocks leftover?

If you have 70 red blocks and 84 green blocks, what is the greatest number of identical block stacks that can be made without any blocks leftover?
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If you have 70 red blocks and 84 green blocks, what is the greatest number of identical block stacks that can be made without any blocks leftover?

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84/70=1.2 so the ratio of g:b must be 1.2:1 but we have to deal with integer amounts so...

1.2:1=6:5

So you can make (84/6) 14 stacks of 6 green and 5 reds
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