Question

As part of a school-wide fundraiser, the entire 8th grade class of a middle school is asked to split into groups. Each group must have the same number of boys and the same number of girls. If there are 126 boys and 135 girls in the 8th grade, what is the greatest number of groups they could form?

Answer 1

The answer would be 9 groups

Answer 2

Answer:9 Groups

Explanation:

Given

There are 126 boys and 135 girls

The greatest no of groups that could be form is determine by factorizing 126 and 135

`126=2* 7* 9`

`135=3* 5* 9`

both contains 9 as highest multiplying factor thus 9 groups can be formed.