Question

Mia has 36 roses and 48 carnations to put into vases. She wants to put the same amount of roses and the same number of carnations into each vase. What is the greatest number of vases she will need in order to do this?

Answer 1

12

Explanation:

36 48

1 36 1 48

2 18 2 24

3 12 3 16

4 9 4 12

6 6 6 8

The largest group that Mia can make is 12 which has 3 roses and 4 carnations in each vase.