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Ms. Franco has 32 pencils and 44 erasers. She wants to put an equalnumber of pencils and erasers into boxes for her students. What is theGREATEST number of pencils or erasers Ms. Franco can put in each box?

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Answer:4

Explanation:

4 is the greatest number that can fit in 44 and 32 so 4 is the answer

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32 pencils

44 erasers

Find the GCF (greatest common factor) of both numbers:

32: 1,2,4,8,16

44: 1,2,4,11,22

4 of each one.

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