Question

A shop sells boxes of chocolate. In total there are 252 dark chocolate and 180 milk chocolates.if every box is identical,how many boxes could there be?

Answer 1

12 boxes.

Explanation:

We need to find the greatest common factor of 251 and 180:

First find the prime factors :

252 = 2*2*3*3*7

180 = 2*2*3*3*5

So the GCF = 2*2*3*3 = 36.

So id each box is identical, there could be 7 boxes of dark chocolates and 5 boxes of milk chocolates each containing 36 chocolates.

Total number of boxes = 12.