Question

Jane and her friends are going on a hiking trip. Jane wants to make snack packs to take on a trip. She has 24 apples and 36 small bags of trail mix. Each snack pack must have the same number of apples and the same number of bags of trail mix. What is the greatest number of snack packs Jane can make? Explain.

Answer 1

The greatest number of snack packs Jane can make is 12 snack packs

Explanation:

We solve this question using the greatest common factor method

First step would be to find the factors of 24 and 36

The factors of 24 are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24

The factors of 36 are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36

Then the greatest common factor amongst the above factors for 24 and 36 is 12.

Therefore, the greatest number of snack packs that she can make is 12 packs.