Question

A florist has 36 tulips and 21 carnations. If the florist wants to create identical bouquets

without any leftover flowers, what is the greatest number of bouquets the florist can make?

Answer 1

3 bouquets

Explanation:

Both numbers are divisible by 3, so after division we have 3 groups of 7 carnations, and 3 groups of 12 tulips. 7 is no longer divisible, so if the desire is an even bouquet then we can only make 3 bouquets of 7 carnations and 12 tulips

Answer 2

3

Explanation:

21 can be divided by 3 also 36