Question

Mr. Jones, an art teacher, has 48 tubes of paint and 60 paintbrushes to put into cups for his class. The greatest common factor for the tubes of paint and brushes is equal to the number of cups he has.

Answer 1

12 cups

Step-by-step explanation:

Given 48 tubes and 60 paintbbrushes, we are to find the GCF of 48 and 60. This is as shown;

48 = (2*2*2*2*3

48 = 12 * 4

60 = 2*2*3*5

60 = 12 * 5

From both factors you can see that 12 is common to both, hence the GCF is 12.

We can then conclude that Mr Jones has 12 cups for his class.