Question

Trinity has 12 twix, and 20 twizzlers, How many goodie bags can she make with these items? She wants all of her goodie bags to be identical, and she wants to use all of her items.

Goodie bags: ______

How many of each item will be in each bag?
Twix: _____ Twizzlers:____

Answer 1

There will be 4 goodie bags each with 3 twix and 5 twizzlers.

Explanation:

i) there are 12 twix and 20 twizzlers. Trinity has to make equal goody bags.

ii) the goodie bags are to be identical.

iii) for the goodie bags to be identical we have to find the GCD ( greatest common denominator) of 12 and 20 which is 4.

iv) therefore there will be 4 goodie bags and each goodie bag will contain 12/4 = 3 twix and 20/4 = 5 twizzlers. So there will be 4 goodie bags each with 3 twix and 5 twizzlers.