Question

Della has 72 red beads and 32 blue beads. She would like to make bracelets for of beads. She does not want any beads left over. What is the maximum number her friends. She wants all the bracelets to have the same number of each colour bracelets she could make? How many beads of each colour would each bracelet have?​

Answer 1

8 bracelets can be made from given beads.

Explanation:

To make similar bracelets using all the beads, we have to find the highest common factor of no of beads

Factors of 72 => 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 , 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 72

Factors of 32=> 1 , 2, 4 , 8 , 16 , 32

Observing this data, HCF of 72and 32 will be 8.

Therefore, total 8 bracelets can be made from given beads.