Question

you have 120 red beads, loo white beads, and 45 blue beads. you want to use all the beads to make a bracelet that has red, white and blue beads on each. What is the greatest number of matching beads you can make? ​

Answer 1

24 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.Now, Factors of 72 => 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 , 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 72Factors of 192 => 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 96, 192Factors of 120 => 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30, 40, 60, 120HCF => 24Observing this data, HCF of 72, 192 & 120 will be 24.Therefore, total 24 bracelets can be made from given beads.* Each bracelet will have 3 red, 8 blue and 5 white beads.