Question

The teacher has 12 green stickers and 15 purple stickers. Three students are given an equal number of each color sticker. How many green and purple stickers does each student get?

Answer 1

each student will get 4 green stickers and 5 purple stickers

Answer 2

Each student gets 4 green stickers and 5 purple stickers

Explanation:

The teacher has 12 green stickers and 15 purple stickers.

We will find the highest common factor of 12 and 15.

12 = 2 x 2 x 3

15 = 3 x 5

We have the highest factor as 3.

So, 12 green stickers will be divided in
`12/3=4` parts

15 purple stickers will be divided in
`15/3=5` parts.

So, each student gets 4 green stickers and 5 purple stickers or a total of 9 stickers.