Question

Farhan has three pieces of rope with lengths of 140cm, 168cm and 210cm. He wishes to cut all the three pieces of ropes into smaller pieces of equal length and that there is no leftover rope. (i) What is the greatest possible length of each of the smaller pieces of rope? How many smaller pieces of rope can he get altogether?

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Answer 1

The greatest possible length is 14 cm.

The total number of smaller pieces is 37.

Explanation:

The greatest common factor of these three numbers is 14.

Total number of smaller pieces = 10+12+15 = 37

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