Question

There are 28 roses and 35 carnations. Anna is making flower arrangements using both flowers, what is the maximum number of arrangements she could make?

Answer 1

The maximum amount of flower arrangements she can make are 28.

Explanation:

There are enough roses and carnations to make 28 flower arrangements. There will still be leftover carnations but that's fine.

You do this by finding the smaller number of flowers and grouping them with the other flower so it makes a group of two. If the other flower had 2x the amount of the smaller flower, them group them in a group of 3; 1 : 2

But this is only used to make the maximum amount. this is not the efficient way to go but this is the way to go if you are finding the max amount.