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Destiny just received two separate gifts from her great-great-grandmother.

The first gift is a box of
18
1818 chocolate candy bars, and the second gift is a pack of
12
1212 cookies.
Destiny wants to use all of the chocolate candy bars and cookies to make identical snack bags for her cousins.

User Thunderstriker
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Answer: 6 snack bags

Step-by-step explanation:

In rder to know mnay bags destiny ca make, we need a number is a factor of 18 and 12, so that the 18 chocolate candy bars and the 12 cookies can be divided up evenly.

So, if there were 2 bags, thre would be 18÷2=9 chocolate candy bars and 12÷2=6 cookies in a bag. This creates identical snack bags, but isn't the greatest number of bags!

To find the greatest snack bag, we want to find the greatest common factor of 18 and 12

To do so, let's find factors of 18 ans 12

18: 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18

12: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12

The greatest common factor of 18 and 12 is 6. in math notation this looks like:

gcf (18, 12) = 6

The greatest number of identical bags can make is 6

User Vishrant
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Answer:

6 bags

Explanation:

The first gift is a box of 18 chocolate candy bars, and the second gift is a pack of 12 cookies. Destiny wants to use all of the chocolate candy bars and cookies to make identical snack bags for her cousins. What is the greatest number of snack bags that Destiny can make? Answer: 6 bags

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