Question

Mr. Harris is packaging items to give to his students. He has 48 pencils and 30 notebooks. He wants each package to contain the same number of pencils and the same number of notebooks.​

Answer 1

The maximum number of packages that can be made with each package have same number of each item is = 6

Explanation:

Given:

Mr. Harris has 48 pencils and 30 notebooks.

To find the number of packages he can make with each package have same number of each item.

Solution:

Number of pencils = 48

Number of notebooks = 30

In order to find the number of packages he can make with each package have same number of each item, we will find the greatest common factor of the given numbers.

To find the G.C.F., we will list down the prime factors of each.

`48=2* 2* 2* 2* 3`

`30=2* 3* 5`

We find that the G.C.F. =
`2* 3` = 6

Thus, the maximum number of packages that can be made with each package have same number of each item is = 6