Question

Kiara baked 30 oatmeal cookies and 48 chocolate chip cookies to package in plastic containers for her friends at school. She wants to divide the cookies into identical containers so that each container has the same number of each kind of cookies. if she wants each container to have the least number of cookies possible,how many plastic containers does she need?Kiara baked 30 oatmeal cookies and 48 chocolate chip cookies to package in plastic containers for her friends at school. She wants to divide the cookies into identical containers so that each container has the same number of each kind of cookies. if she wants each container to have the least number of cookies possible,how many plastic containers does she need?​

Answer 1

6

Explanation:

If she's looking for the least number per box she wants the greatest common factor of both numbers.

The GCF of 30 and 48 is 6.