Answer:
Explanation:
Given 22 raspberry and 55 strawberry scones, you want to know the number of equal-sized bags Michael can fill with scones, and the number in each bag.
GCF
The answer statement you're asked to fill tells you that you solve this problem by finding the GCF of 22 and 55. If you look at the factors, you can see what the largest common factor is:
22 = 2·11
55 = 5·11
The greatest common factor of 22 and 55 is 11. When the scones are divided equally among 11 bags, there will be 2 raspberry and 5 strawberry scones in each bag.
The greatest number of bags Michael can fill is 11 bags because the GCF of 22 and 55 is 11 . Each bag can have 2 raspberry and 5 strawberry scones.