Question

Sharon is making identical balloon arrangement for the party. She has 32 green balloons, 24 white balloons and 16 orange balloons. She wants each arrangement to have the same number of each color. What is the greatest number of arrangement that she can make if every balloon is used?

Answer 1

8
The greatest factor for 32, 24 and 16 is 8.

Answer 2

8 groups see below

Explanation:

You would find the common factor between all three numbers. So 8 is the highest number that will go into all three. You would be able to make 8 identical arrangements consisting of

• 4 green
• 3 white
• 2 orange