Question

jazmin is completing an art project. she has two pieces of construction paper. the first piece is 44 inches wide and the second piece is 33 inches wide. jazmin wants to cut the paper into strips that are equal in width and are as wide as possible. how wide should jazmin cut each strip?

Answer 1

11 inches is the widest you you get and be equal

Answer 2

11 inches.

Explanation:

We have been that Jazmin has two pieces of construction paper. The first piece is 44 inches wide and the second piece is 33 inches wide.

As Jazmin wants to cut the paper into strips that are equal in width and are as wide as possible, so we need to find greatest common factor of 44 and 33.

Factors of 44 are: 1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44.

Factors of 33 are: 1, 3, 11, 33.

We can see that 11 is the greatest common factor of 44 and 33, therefore, Jazmin should cut each strip 11 inches wide.