Question

Ou are filling piñatas for your friend's birthday party. You have 12 kazoos, 18 mints, and 24 lollipops. You want identical groups of gifts in each piñata with no gifts left over. What is the greatest number of piñatas you can fill?

Answer 1

Answer: 6

Explanation:

Given: There are 12 kazoos, 18 mints, and 24 lollipops.

To find : the greatest number of piñatas you one can fill such that there will be identical groups of gifts in each piñata with no gifts left over.

Here 12 = 2 x 2 x 3

18 = 2 x 3 x 3

24 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3

GCF(12,18,24) = 2 x 3 =6

Hence, The greatest number of piñatas you can fill = 6