Mrs. Davis’ gym class has 24 girls and 18 boys. She wants to separate the class into stations. Each station must have the same numbers of girls and boys. What is the greatest number of stations Mrs. Davis

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Yngve Sneen Lindal asked Oct 14, 2022

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Mrs. Davis’ gym class has 24 girls and 18 boys. She wants to separate the class into stations. Each station must have the same numbers of girls and boys.

What is the greatest number of stations Mrs. Davis can make if every student has to participate in a station?

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Yngve Sneen Lindal asked Oct 14, 2022

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Answer:

6 stations

Explanation:

Find the GCD of 24 and 18 in order to get the greatest number of stations

GCD is 6

Gildardo answered Oct 20, 2022

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