Question

a grocery clerk has 16 oranges, 20 apples, and 24 pears. The clerk needs to put an equal number of apples, oranges, and pears into each basket. what is the greatest number of baskets that can be made so that no fruit is left?

Answer 1

4

Explanation:

Here you find the greatest common factor of 16,20 and 24

The greatest common factor of a set of whole numbers is the largest positive integer that divides evenly into all numbers with no remainder.

Here, the G.C.F will be

16 20 24

2 8 10 12

2 4 5 6

2×2=4