Question

You are making identical gift bags using 12 candles and 28 bottles of lotion. What is the greatest number of gift bags you can make with no items left over?

Answer 1

I believe the answer would be 4 gift bags.

Explanation:

The highest number both numbers can be divided by and get a a whole number is 4. Four is the greatest common factor. So there will be 4 bags with 7 bottles of lotion and 3 candles inn each bag.

Answer 2

• 4

Explanation:

Factoring the number of items

• 12 = 4*3
• 28 = 4*7

Common factor is 4, so the number of gift bags is 4 the greatest