Question

you are filling identical fruit bowls using 36 apples and 48 oranges what is the greatest number of bowls that you can fill using all of the fruit

Answer 1

First you need to find the common denominator which is 12. So you have 12 fruit bowls. To find how many of each fruit you out in these 12 fruit bowls, you divide 36 and 48 by 12. In the end you have 12 fruit bowls, each with 3 apples and 4 oranges