Question

mrs. young is organizing art supplies. she has 76 Red markers, 52 blue markers, in 80 black markers, she wants to divide the markers into boxes with the same number of red, same number blue ,and the same number black in each box . what is the greatest number of boxes she can have is every marker is placed in a box? ​

Answer 1

Answer: 4 boxes

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the question is asking us to find the greatest number of boxes she can have if every marker is placed in a box, we have to find the GCF (greatest common factor) of 76, 52, and 80. To do this, we can use the Prime Factorization method:

Steps:

Prime factorization of the numbers:

76= 2 x 2 x 19

52= 2 x 2 x 13

80= 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5

GCF(76, 52, 80)=

2x2=

4 (boxes)

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