Question

There are three fourth grades classrooms (A, B, and C) at the local elementary school. Room A contains 12 children, Room B contains 18, and Room C contains 24 children. All the fourth graders get together to play a game in the middle of the day. The teachers want the children to be on teams with their own classmates but all the teams also need to be of equal size. Can you find the largest size of the teams so that each team contains only children from the same classroom?

Answer 1

2 teams of 6 for class A, 3 teams of 6 for class B. and 4 teams of 6 for class C

Explanation:

We are given the total amount of students in each class. 12,18,24. In order to separate these we have to find the common denominator among all the classes total numbers. 6 is a common denominator between them all as we can break it down to the number thats most common. Take the total number of students in each class and divide it by six. That is the total number of groups to be equal among them all.

Answer 2

The largest size of the teams would be 6 if you wanted all teams to be the same size and consist of only members from their own room.

Explanation:

In order to solve this, you need to find the greatest common factor. The highest number that can go into 12, 18, and 24 evenly would be 6.