Question

Suzanne will use orange and blue beads to make bracelets. She will use the same number of orange beads on each bracelet and the same number of blue beads on each bracelet. She has 72 orange beads and 78 blue beads. What is the greatest number of bracelets that she can make that will have the greatest number of orange beads and blue beads? Explain how you know.

Answer 1

She can make 6 bracelets using 12 orange beads and 13 blue beads.