Question

Shawn has 15 oranges, 9 peaches, and 18 pears.  He wants to put all of the fruit into decorative baskets. Each basket must have the same number of pieces of fruit in it. Without mixing fruits, what is the greatest number of pieces of fruit Shawn can put in each basket?  Explain

Answer 1

He can.only put 9 in each decorative basket because that's the lowest number of fruit he has. which it'll make it even.