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Sandra is creating gift baskets with scented soaps and bottles of bubble bath. She has 12 scented soaps and 6 bottles of bubble bath. If she wants all the gift baskets identical without any items left over, what is the greatest number of gift baskets Sandra can make?

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Answer:6 gift baskets

Explanation:

1 of bottles of bubble bath and 2 of scented soaps in each basket.

User Keen Jin
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To make identical gift baskets without any items left over, we need to find the greatest common factor (GCF) of the numbers of soaps and bubble baths.

The prime factors of 12 are 2 x 2 x 3, and the prime factors of 6 are 2 x 3.

To find the GCF, we need to identify the common factors and multiply them together. The common factors are 2 and 3, so the GCF is 2 x 3 = 6.

Therefore, Sandra can make 6 identical gift baskets with 2 scented soaps and 1 bottle of bubble bath in each basket.
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