Question

Shelly and Mickelle are making a quilt . They have a piece of fabric that measures 48 inches by 168 inches . All pieces of fabric must be none left over . What is the length of the largest square pieces into which shelly and mickelle can cut the fabric

Answer 1

24

Explanation:

Given the following :

Dimension of fabric = 48 by 168

What is the length of the largest square pieces into which shelly and mickelle can cut the fabric?

To obtain this, find the greatest common factor of both numbers in the dimension:

Using the table format:

___ _48 ____168

_ 2__24 ____ 84

_2__12 _____42

_2__6 _____ 21

_3__3______ 7

Since there is no number which can divide both anymore

The greatest common factor = (2 * 2 * 2 * 3) = 24