Question

chuck has a coin collection with 30 pennies,24 quarters,and 36 nickles. he wants to arrange the coins into rows. each row will have the same number of coins,and all the coins in a row will be the same . how many coins can he put in each row?

Answer 1

Find the GCF
30-1,2,3,5,6,10,15,30
24-1,2,3,4,6,8,12,24
36-1,2,3,4,6,9,12,16,36

Then you divide all the numbers by the GCF which is 6
6 pennies
4 quarters
6 nickels