Question

Angela has 24 golf balls and 18 golf clubs. She wants to sell packages of balls and clothes bundled together. What is the greatest number of packages she can sell with no leftover balls or clubs?

Answer 1

6 packages, so 4 golf balls and 3 golf clubs or the other way around.

Answer 2

The greatest number of similar packages would be 6.

Each package have 4 golf balls and 3 golf clubs.

Explanation:

Consider the provided information.

Angela has 24 golf balls and 18 golf clubs.

To find the greatest number of packages she can sell with no leftover balls or clubs we need to find the greatest common factor.

The prime factorization of the numbers are.

24 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3

18 = 2 × 3 × 3

Here Greatest common factor is 2 × 3 = 6

So the greatest number of similar packages would be 6.

Each package have 4 golf balls and 3 golf clubs.