Question

Lucia has 48 markers and 64 stickers that she wants to give as favors for a party. She wants to put an equal number of markers and an equal number of stickers into each favor bag. She uses all the markers and stickers.

Answer 1

16 bags

Explanation:

The greatest number of bags Lucia can make is

16

. Each of these bags will have

3 markers and

4 stickers.

If she used more bags, at least one type of favor would not evenly divide

. She could use 8 bags, but this is not the greatest number she could use.