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there are 24 sixth graders and 40 seventh graders. Mr chan wants to divide both grades into groups of equal size ,with the greatest possible number of students in each group. How many students should be in each group?

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Here, you must find the GCF of 24 and 40 which is 8
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There would be 8 in each group.
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