Question

Delia is bagging 24 everything bagels and 16 plain bagels for her bakery customers. Each bag eill hold only one type of bagel. Each bag will hold the same number of bagels. What is the greatest number of bagels she can put in each bag? How many bags of each type of bagel will there be

Answer 1

a) What is the greatest number of bagels she can put in each bag?

8 bagels

b) How many bags of each type of bagel will there be?

For the everything bagel = 3 bagels

For the plain bagel = 2 bagels

Explanation:

This question is solved using Greatest Common Factor

We would find the factors of 16 and 24

The factors of 16 are: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16

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

Then the greatest common factor is 8.

Hence, the greatest number of bagels she can put in each bag is 8 bagels

How many bags of each type of bagel will there be

For the everything bagel , 24 ÷ 8 bagels

= 3 bagels

For the plain bagel, 16 ÷ 8 bagels

= 2 bagels